Saying Goodbye to an Ol’ Friend

Well, as much of a “friend” a computer could be at least…

I graduated from RPI in 2004 with a degree in Electrical Engineering… pointless considering I may never do anything with my degree.  But during my sophomore year I swapped out my laptop for a newer model… Now that laptop is 6 years old, and it finally bit the dust this past week.

I had been using this laptop to do ALOT of my marketing… it still ran programs pretty well, so I could still submit articles, do some myspace marketing, use my Easy Ad Poster program for craigslist, and a bunch of other useful stuff… all while working on my newer laptop.

Having 2 laptops was SUCH a convenience too.  If my wife needed the newer one for banking, checking email, or just playing Hearts… I could stay productive on the old one…  Not any longer!

Since the computer crashed, I had to get full access to 3 programs that I had downloaded recently… the registry files were gone (on the old comp) so i had no way to really transfer everything to the newer computer.  Luckily, all 3 of the software companies were VERY understanding about the crash and GAVE ME THE REGISTRATION CODES so I could re-install my software!!! WOOHOO!!  Talk about dodging a huge bullet…

So, I dedicate this post to my old RPI laptop… ;o)