We'll see how far I get with this one...

[Uabassoon]

It's that time for me too, mine is around 6 years old and I'm going back to school in the fall so I really need a good computer. I'm just waiting to hear back from financial aid to see if I'll get enough money to buy one.

[moosmom]

My roommate Mark looked at it this morning and said the connection to the internet was out and that's why it was acting up. I told him I didn't think so, as it's doing the same thing it's done the past 3 times I've had it fixed, asnd all 3 times it had a couple of viruses. I wonder if cat hair is a virus???

That's not the reason, because I DID happen to get on VEEEEERRRRRRYYYY briefly before that damn BSD. I told him it's 9 years old and I think on it's last leg. He's going to look into a used one for me. I told him if he can find a cheap laptop that would be even better. We'll see. Thank goodness for my computer at work!!

[Donnaj4962]

Oh Donna, I am right there with ya! My computer at home is as old as can be. Truthfully, I don't know how old it really is as I was fortunate to buy it from my work (I work for a non-profit and when we get new to us computers the staff has the option to buy the older ones at only $25.00 for CPU, monitor, keyboard.).

I am lucky that I have a great computer at work and I do most of my netsurfing at work (on breaks or after work), so my puter at home is mainly used for games.

The puter I had at home before my current one got a virus. Every time you would move the mouse to try to click on an icon, the icon would move, so you could NEVER click on anything! Someone has some serious down time to be able to cmeo up with something like that!

I have been looking at new ones, and I see that the prices are reasonable, but I there are other more pressing things to use my money on (roof over my head, electricity, food) so I think, like you, a new computer is just not in the budget right now.

Good luck. Sounds like you're lucky that your roommate has some knowledge about puters that may help you with a band aid or two for now.

[Jessika]

My roommate Mark looked at it this morning and said the connection to the internet was out and that's why it was acting up. I told him I didn't think so, as it's doing the same thing it's done the past 3 times I've had it fixed, asnd all 3 times it had a couple of viruses. I wonder if cat hair is a virus???

That's not the reason, because I DID happen to get on VEEEEERRRRRRYYYY briefly before that damn BSD. I told him it's 9 years old and I think on it's last leg. He's going to look into a used one for me. I told him if he can find a cheap laptop that would be even better. We'll see. Thank goodness for my computer at work!!

LOL! Gotta love the people who think they know about computers, eh?? Your internet connection will not and will NEVER affect your computer by giving you the blue screen of death.... unless, of course, you downloaded a trojan horse or virus... but in your case I honestly think its just age that's an issue!

Believe me, if the "internet going out" messes up your computer... Then how do computers exist without internet? And besides, mine would have been done for lonnnng ago!