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Ok... I'm back it... and to put you guys back in the mood....

Norm Gets A New Laptop

Norm has been in need of a new computer and this year it finally happened. I was looking for a laptop for several months and was set on a Dell 15" Dual Core Pentium with 4 gigs of ram.

Just before Christmas Best Buy was running a sale on it and I was set to buy it.

When I showed up to buy it, the store clerk said that they had run out but if I wanted to pay an additional $50 I could get the same laptop with one of their new colors that they had.

I thought about it for a whole 4 seconds before deciding that color was not going to be big on my laptop decision tree matrix.

I decided to skip the Dell and asked if the had anything else in my price range. They had a Toshiba that had 3 gigs or ram and a 320 gig hard drive. Not as good as the Dell, but I figured what the heck. I wasn't crazy about the Toshiba as it is foreign and I didn't know much about the brand. I was really set for the Dell....
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I bought it, wrapped it, and set it under the tree ready for the big unveil on Christmas.

During the next few days, I got ticked at the bait and switch that Best Buy did and even more upset that I had settled on the Toshiba instead of the Dell.

I got online and surfed looking for a laptop that was comparable from Dell. I looked at a site that I review once in a while and found a HP that was unreal and for only $20 more, I got a 17" laptop with a Blue Ray player DVD burner, and it also had the 4 gigs of ram and a huge 500 gig hard drive.

On Christmas, I told Norm not to get hooked on the Toshiba as I was going to return it and had already ordered the laptop.

We finally got the laptop and I'm finally able to blog again, as my home computer died over the break as well.

I'm happy to report that Norm likes the new PC.