Seriously though Dell, it's April 2nd now
So after much deliberation, I made my decision and went for a Dell XPS M1300. Thank you to everyone who helped me in the comments, but in the end it came down to a combination of size, features and price. The model I've ordered has everything I wanted, but for half the price I was originally expecting to pay; the other windows machines couldn't really compete.
The only other one that left was an Apple, but with the money I'll have left over from this I can buy myself a mac mini and still have enough to get a second screen. Or several Wii games and DVDs. Or several really nice meals. Or several really nice meals and several really painful sessions at the gym. Or any number of things.
However, I placed the order on Sunday 31st, and on Monday Dell gave me the expected delivery date. 25th of April.
Naturally, I assumed that this was a good-natured April fools prank on their part. You can imagine my surprise when I checked again today, and the date had not changed. I have e-mailed them to point out their mistake, but am still waiting for a reply.
Amusingly, since ordering my new laptop, my Vaio has stopped playing up, has not had the power flicker, and is holding its charge. Knew the damned thing was sentient when it decided to fail an hour before a deadline, but didn't realise it had evolved to the point it could sniff my network traffic. Scary.
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Sometimes, I use coconut oil on my hair.
Oh? How's that working out for you?
It's not working out, it's falling out :(
Sometimes my own weirdness distresses me, Jody. If I could swap my sultana for a grape, then as sure as there isn't butter on the sun, then I would.
You're starting to scare me now...
Are you related to Julie Mallion? I knew she had two brothers, one of them Richard Terry. If you're the right Richard, that would make you her half brother, although you both share the family name Terry before she married.
Tx and cheers!
I'm Julie Walsh, previously the Julie Mallion you are referring to.
Who are you Amanda?
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