Dammit.
So, come 7:30AM tomorrow, i'm going to be traveling about. Normally, i tend to greet these sorts of times as a wonderful time to catch up on some coding, but as of this morning my laptop died. (Oddly telling, but that's another discussion.)
i shouldn't be particularly surprised. First, the power adapter died. $70 for a new one of those (and then i managed to score a few extras from a scrap bin). Then, a few months ago, the wireless card in it died and i had to spend $100 replacing it. Then the bottom third of the display kept flaking out on me indicating that one of the LCD ribbons had a short in it. Finally, this morning, it refuses to boot, and dies during the POST checks. Ok, so i paid $800 for it, but i was kinda hoping i'd get more than two years out of the box.
i am now short one laptop.
Of course, since it's me i'm talking about, there's some conditions on whatever laptop i decide to replace this with:
1) i hate Apple.
2) i'm not particularly fond of Sony. (Lest we forget that they're the ones that rooted customer boxes, push for DRM on everything, and otherwise express themselves as less than pleasant corporate citizens).
3) i'm currently less inclined to get another Compaq considering how this one faired. That said, i've got three power adapters and a 12 cell battery that's otherwise not going to be used.
That leaves Lenovo, Toshiba, and a slew of "who the hell are these?" guys.
So, dear lazyweb; got any suggestions for what laptop i should get?
