PC Exorcism, Only $800
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 10, 2008
I really must get back to packing for my trip to Costa Rica, but this headline caught my eye and I couldn’t resist citing it quickly here: “Sending an S O S for a PC Exorcist.”
It’s a quick, funny read. Well, it’s pathetic, really and sad how much misery so many people endure from their computers. But, it’s still funny to read, especially since it didn’t happen to me . . . this time.
At high noon on a recent Monday, I leaped up from my desk vowing to commit the most sensational attack of revenge in the history of the personal computer industry. Just 72 hours earlier, I had taken delivery on a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop loaded with Microsoft Windows Vista. It was already on the blink. I couldn’t open a Word document. I couldn’t run a Google search. I couldn’t even send e-mail. I vowed to shave Michael Dell and Bill Gates with a broken beer bottle.
This story reminds me of a neighbor years ago for whom I was the “local nerd” (as one of the people quoted in the story refers to them) who she relied on when her computer baffled her. She was quite convinced gremlins literally inhabited the computer and did whatever they wanted, when all she wanted to do was write her book. She’d completely understand why the author of this article chose the term “PC Exorcist” to describe his savior.
Yep, my next computer is going to be a Macintosh.
