And while we're on the topic of technology, why is it so much more difficult (and sometimes more expensive) to buy a computer without a monitor than a computer with a monitor? I don't need a new monitor! I do, however, need a new computer. My Neanderthal computer at home does a few things well-- it crashes, it sends error messages, and it makes noises more appropriate to a professional wrestling match than to word processing--which is about what you'd expect from an eight-year-old computer. I'm tired of spending money on repairs and upgrades, so it's time to send this guy out to pasture.
But not my ergonomic keyboard. I like my ergonomic keyboard. And not my nice bright shiny flat-screen monitor either. And come to think of it, I'm happy with my printer, speakers, scanner, and mouse. All I want is the tower, but all the computer retailers want to sell me is a big ol' box o' stuff, with a free printer thrown in for good measure. We seem to be at an impasse.
Which makes me wonder: how do so many of my students manage to come to college without printers? The most common excuse for missing or late assignments is "I don't have a printer so I e-mailed it to myself and went to the library to print it off and I waited and waited and waited and waited and it didn't come out and now I don't know what to do!" They have computers; I've seen them carrying their spiffy new laptops all over campus. How did they ever get out of a computer store without being forced at gunpoint to buy a printer?
Wherever they're shopping, that's where I want to go.
3 comments:
Hahahaha.
They're all lying to you! They only use their computers to update their profiles on Facebook and Myspace.
It is the same reason you cannot buy a phone that is just a phone.
I don't want a (&*^%* camera on my phone. I have a digital camera. I don't use it to make phone calls, and I won't use my phone to take pictures.
There . . . I hope we all feel better now. I know I do.
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