Sure, Why Not?

 

     After suffering a near-fatal heart attack four days ago, why shouldn't my primary laptop give up the ghost and go to the Great Beyond in preparation for my, as I was recently rudely reminded, inevitable arrival? Apparently, according to my more tech-savvy #1 son, my OS disappeared from the HD due to a hack that installed a worm. I can get my files back but (rubbing fingertips together) it's a process, meaning it'll cost. I also lost the entirety of my ongoing Scott Carson novel but, thanks to my intrepid copyeditor, I got all but one chapter back.

     So, this is where I am right now: Against my better judgment, I dusted off and booted up my old backup laptop. Its sole saving grace is that it has a terabyte of hard drive space. But the battery's shot so it turns off when I unplug it to move it in another room. Four of the letters, and their capitalized counterparts, can't be typed and have to be copied and pasted.

     The Frostwire app is fucked and won't give me search results. I've been plagued with abrupt browser and even hard drive crashes, which was why I'd stopped using it last spring. I've also, apparently, been permanently logged out of Facebook and, being the fucking idiots they are, won't recognize my email address and passwords.

     Bottom line, I'm not exactly working under optimal conditions. I need a new, meaning a decent used laptop, preferably one with a Windows 7 Operating System. (Yeah, I know, but after the debacle in the wake of Windows 8 & 10, people are going for the unsupported versions of 7 and Vista.)

     For the time being, I have some discretionary spending ability and if you have a decent, scrubbed laptop you can part with, I'd certainly be willing to pay for it. If you have something to offer, you can reach me here in the comment section or email me at crawman2@yahoo.com.