Keeping Uncle Bill’s Hands off My Notebook/Pocketbook
Well, if all goes well, I’ll have a new laptop before too long. I really like the extensibility/cheapness/do-it-yourself factor of desktops. For some reason, I also like the quasi-retro “computers must be large and boxy” feeling of desktop computers. Nevertheless, I’ve been convinced by two years of sitting by the lion1 and not working, paying attention in class, taking notes by hand, and several days of laptop-less thesis work in the library that a laptop is the way to go. As added motivation, the Fox Box2 is just getting slower and some of the sounds it makes are getting worse. I would fix it (because it’s a desktop) like I have in the past, but it needs new parts, and it’s just not worth it to upgrade this thing anymore because technology has improved so much.
Anyway, the laptop also comes with a mission: Get a refund for the copy of Microsoft Windows(r)(tm) that comes with it.
That’s right, I’m going to attempt to get reimbursed for the Microsoft tax. My plan consists of: filming (if possible) or at least photographing myself opening the box and not agreeing to the EULA, calling customer service, and taking it from there.
No matter what happens, I’ll definitely chronicle the experience here.
1 The lounge on the second floor of Kenrick has a lion statue in it. The lion, in fact, has his own web page.
2 My computer’s name is “The Fox Box.” I’ve started retro-nyming it “The Fox Box version 1.0.”
