I got a new (thrifted) laptop!
My thrifted laptop I won through Shop GoodWill auction arrived today from Georgia, and it's way better than expected. Big, beautiful screen. A nice metallic blue. Number pad! Even a DVD player that I hope works hehe.
I got it for cheap at $41 and I love the thrill of winning hehe. It's a tad slow but not too bad. I think I can improve it. I hope I'll enjoy it still a year from now. I haven't owned my own laptop since my early 20s and I'm currently 36 hehe. I've been using my 2017 iPad which can clunk out any moment, and before that my baby sister's laptop. I honestly wasn't thinking of getting a laptop until my boyfriend /E\ suggested it. I could do so much more on here than I can on my android phone and iPad, like:
- Twine and Bitsy games that you can't play on mobile
- Download Twine and bitsy maker
- Edit and do more with videos
- Watch videos way higher than 1420 HD
- Experiment with electric zine maker
- As well as leaflet.pub
- Computer Games! My boyfriend is gonna download an emulator on here and I can play bubble bobble, mr. driller, dig dug, spy hunter again yay
- I can do a lot more with my art and play around with Canva
- My website (which you're on right now) will have a lot more involved and more frequent updates and projects
- Improved Zoom experience. When I enter breakout rooms on my iPad, I don't get to see the previous chat from the bigger room, sucks.
- I get to write faster and edit way better! Much more easier and fluid
- I can archive things better, definitely organize a lot more
- Better documentation for sure
- I know I'm gonna discover more interests, tools, favorites, and such. It will widen my world like no other device I've owned
- I can play CDs! I think hehe
- Discord will be super good. I can participate way more and it'll be easier to read. There's a server I can't join 'cuz I lack an emoji. Hopefully I can access it now.
- Deleting massive amounts of emails will be a dream
- Talking to people more and more easily
- Posting on fb, IG, and X will be more fun and I can interact more
This laptop is already blowing my mind. Multi-tasking is a smoother experience. I'm SO enamored hehe. I know I'm gonna appreciate this laptop way more than I would've if I already have one. It feels like magic in a way.
I'm gonna have so much fun customizing it. I want videos playing as my desktop background, carouseling. Stick treasured stickers on the cover. Buy a snazzy laptop sleeve and bag. I never got to do that with my old laptop and I'm not missing out again.
I feel really good about this. I can't wait to see how I'll grow. I know my relationships with my art, writing, productivity, and people overall will transform too. Hopefully not for the worse hehe. Oh yeah, I'll get to submit and apply more too. I believe this will put me in a way better trajectory.
I can't wait.