My computer is forever at the technician's

I am getting impatient because the technician does not bother to phone me to inform that my desktop is ready for collection. I had to call in after 2 weeks at their place after it was infected with computer virus. The Indian guy who was formerly doing sales became a computer technician probably because the boss is trying to cut cost from hiring real people with computer repair knowledge. And when I went to collect my computer, what the heck! It still has nagging problems of booting up and when I took it back home, I could not start my computer at all. This Indian guy came to my house to collect the desktop again and told me that it will take another week before it is ready for collection. Blardy hell. I cannot get my work done.

Writing Articles

I just got a job offer to write in Bankruptcy in USA which I have to turn down as I don't have any legal background on this topic. My writer needs 5 articles of 600 words each. I feel honored that he thinks I can write it but it is too profound for my liking. Since I earn a comfortable income from my present employment since the last 4 years, I am not too hard up for extra work. It will be more pocket money, that's all. But it is nice to receive an email for job order now and then especially when I am free to write.

Bought a new Laptop

My desktop is still at the technician's and boy they are taking a long time to solve the problem. Anyway, I have bought a new laptop, Acer Aspire 4920 at RM2834.00 with Windows Vista. This model is a bestseller and the most affordable one. I don't even have to install my printer driver as it comes with it. A lot of things are made easier with Windows Vista though initially there were a lot of glitches in using Windows Vista when it was first launched. For a start, I am using Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile processor of 2GHz. I also have 2GB of DDR RAM and 160GB hard disk drive. The price justifies the components that I am using. It makes my work run smoother and I am able to take up more paid work online.

Computer Infected with Virus

My computer was infected with virus recently because it keeps booting up on its own very frequently. So it was sent to the technician for about more than 1 week before it was ok and that bugger installed a trial copy of Anti Virus XP 2008. This is a spam software because it lead me to a site to pay for the full version costing RM150 which I decided to use my credit to pay. Upon payment, I realized that I was charged RM350 instead of RM150 as stated by the so call anti virus web site. After that I got the password to key in for full execution of the software which maliciously installed anti spam guard which keeps prompting up for me to pay further for the full installation. This is spamming my computer with unnecessary messages and I just cannot removed it from my PC. Moral of the story is never trust your technician to know everything and don't pay to install anti virus software.