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[annarti]

Finished my Christmas shopping today, yaaaaay. Also finished off a couple of loose things that needed doing, which was nice. Didn't get around to uni to pick up my final painting, tho. I got lazy :< Still, I did cross everything else off the list.

Including~ looking at laptops. Harvey Norman couldn't have been any less helpful if they'd tried, so well done them. I knew their prices were going to be about $400 more than you'd expect anywhere else, but they do have the biggest range for looking at stuff.

Me: I'm looking for something around about a grand, give or take a hundred, and that will fit in this *holds up bag*
Hardly Normal Guy: Ah right, well, the only one we've got really is this one *points to one the right size and about $1600* which has [technical details]
Me: Yeah, that's a bit out of my price range. Anything that size and cheaper? I don't really need it to do much--
Hardly Normal Guy: *SNRK*
Me: --really just word processing, internet and Photoshop at most.
HNG: Well, there's this one *points at one worth $900 but about four inches too long* but that won't fit.
Me: Noooo~ not quite.
HNG: See, the thing is, they get more expensive as they get smaller--
Me: . . .
HNG: --since they're targeting a more niche market of people who want to take it travelling.
Me: ...Right~ *backing away slowly now*

You heard it here first, folks. BIG SCREENS ARE CHEAPER THAN LITTLE ONES. MY GOD Hardly Normal sucks. Who genuinely goes there to buy shit? oO The guy at Radio Rentals was awesome. Chunky computer geek ftw. He actually pointed at stuff that fitted my criteria! And he even tried to get the 'loaded with XP' thing in there! Except that one was about $1600, alas. But yes, the whole $1000-ish laptop that fits in my bag thing is possible, so awesome cakes and all that. Radio Rentals guy also said they're closing that store and moving (as evidenced by the fact that half the store was completely bare) on January 11, so they'd be having soopa cheep deals on for soopa cheep laptops and stuff. I like people who tell me that.

More expensive as they get smaller my ARSE.

RE: cricket? I WANT MY PEOPLE BACK. SRSLY. PIDGE~ COME BAAAAAACK out attack FAILS without you DDDDD: Five sessions and only four wickets omfg ><

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[drazzi.livejournal.com]

I...

... WHAT?

The big ones are supposed to be people's replacements for PCs, therefore MORE high-tech PC like, therefore MORE expensive parts, THEREFORE MORE EXPENSIVE.

I just... shgudgubdgj what.

[annarti.livejournal.com]

The mind boggles, Sallie. IT BOGGLES. I knew they were expensive, but I was expecting them to know SOMETHING.

[drazzi.livejournal.com]

You put too much faith in them, being that War's a rich git and knows things.