Oh, and big news for me: dude, I’m gettin’ a Dell.
After haggling and price-matching and comparing and learning the lingo… I’m finally going to be able to hang up the Gateway that’s served me so well (mostly) for the past 4.5 years and move onto bigger and better things. 80 big fat GB of space, 512 glorious MB of RAM, a CD burner, USB ports… it’s about time.
No more reading a few pages of whatever book I’m into while waiting for Photoshop to render a gradient!
No more saving my work to a ZIP disk, scrounging for room on my hard drive, then transferring my work back to the computer!
No more crashes when I dare to have email AND Freehand AND Photoshop open at the same time!
No more Windows 98!
No more keeping important documents on my hard drive, praying that nothing crashes because I have no method of back-up for personal files! (if you’re a client, don’t worry, I do find other ways to back your stuff up… I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid)
No more waiting for minutes upon minutes for something simple to print or scan or render or load or open or close or run!
So, needless to say, I’m very excited. In all honesty, my design work will probably go about 50% faster now, freeing me to have tighter turn-arounds and more confident quotes for those who need my expertise. The old Gateway was actually a graduation gift from Mom and Dad (and have I really been out of school that long? Sheesh.), but it’s time to play with some fancier toys.
I’m paying for my Dell over the course of a couple months, though, because funds are tight. In order to do this, I took advantage of Dell’s Preferred Financing, in which they run a credit check and ask you a series of strange questions about your life to make sure it’s you:
DELL GUY: Hi, I’m Chuck, and thanks for holding. Is this Jeremy Bear of Long Beach, California?
JER: Yes, it is. Hi, Chuck.
DELL GUY: Hi. Thanks for holding. I’m going to ask you a series of multiple choice questions. Please answer to the best of your ability, okay?
JER: Go ahead.
DELL GUY: Thank you. First of all, which of these streets have you ever made your residence, if any: A) Bronson B) Crocus C) 32nd D) None of the above
JER: Well, I used to live on, uh, B, Crocus.
DELL GUY: Okay! Next, in the past 3 years, which of these cars have you made payments on, if any: A) Nissan Altima B) Honda Civic C) Volkswagen Jetta D) None of the above
JER: The answer’s A, Chuck! Nissan Altima!
DELL GUY: Okay! Next, Please state the address of your last place of residence.
JER: Well, that would be 5669 Cabot Cove Dr. Hilliard, OH.
DELL GUY: Okay! And before that?
JER: Let’s see, I guess that was North Canton. 97 Everhard Rd.
DELL GUY: Okay! Thank you!
JER: You want me to go back farther, Chuck?
DELL GUY: Uh.
JER: 13275 Crocus Ave, Hartville Ohio! Boo-yah! You want more?
DELL GUY: I think that’s all I—
JER: 1707 Park Avenue, Winona Lake, Indiana. Shared a place with Dave Pacheco. Kabam! More?
DELL GUY: Ah…if… you’d like, I suppose.
JER: Okay, that was college: 200 Seminary Drive, Winona Lake, Indiana. Before that, Uniontown, Ohio: 1102 Meandering Creek Street. Then, Marietta, Georgia: 2200 Chimney Springs Drive. Then, of course, Akron, Ohio: 740 Westview Drive. Before that… uh… shoot… starts with a B… ah…
DELL GUY: That’s really more than enough.
JER: No, wait, tip of my tongue…
DELL GUY: No no, you’re approved, thankyouforchoosingDellgoodbye.
*Click*
After haggling and price-matching and comparing and learning the lingo… I’m finally going to be able to hang up the Gateway that’s served me so well (mostly) for the past 4.5 years and move onto bigger and better things. 80 big fat GB of space, 512 glorious MB of RAM, a CD burner, USB ports… it’s about time.
No more reading a few pages of whatever book I’m into while waiting for Photoshop to render a gradient!
No more saving my work to a ZIP disk, scrounging for room on my hard drive, then transferring my work back to the computer!
No more crashes when I dare to have email AND Freehand AND Photoshop open at the same time!
No more Windows 98!
No more keeping important documents on my hard drive, praying that nothing crashes because I have no method of back-up for personal files! (if you’re a client, don’t worry, I do find other ways to back your stuff up… I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid)
No more waiting for minutes upon minutes for something simple to print or scan or render or load or open or close or run!
So, needless to say, I’m very excited. In all honesty, my design work will probably go about 50% faster now, freeing me to have tighter turn-arounds and more confident quotes for those who need my expertise. The old Gateway was actually a graduation gift from Mom and Dad (and have I really been out of school that long? Sheesh.), but it’s time to play with some fancier toys.
I’m paying for my Dell over the course of a couple months, though, because funds are tight. In order to do this, I took advantage of Dell’s Preferred Financing, in which they run a credit check and ask you a series of strange questions about your life to make sure it’s you:
DELL GUY: Hi, I’m Chuck, and thanks for holding. Is this Jeremy Bear of Long Beach, California?
JER: Yes, it is. Hi, Chuck.
DELL GUY: Hi. Thanks for holding. I’m going to ask you a series of multiple choice questions. Please answer to the best of your ability, okay?
JER: Go ahead.
DELL GUY: Thank you. First of all, which of these streets have you ever made your residence, if any: A) Bronson B) Crocus C) 32nd D) None of the above
JER: Well, I used to live on, uh, B, Crocus.
DELL GUY: Okay! Next, in the past 3 years, which of these cars have you made payments on, if any: A) Nissan Altima B) Honda Civic C) Volkswagen Jetta D) None of the above
JER: The answer’s A, Chuck! Nissan Altima!
DELL GUY: Okay! Next, Please state the address of your last place of residence.
JER: Well, that would be 5669 Cabot Cove Dr. Hilliard, OH.
DELL GUY: Okay! And before that?
JER: Let’s see, I guess that was North Canton. 97 Everhard Rd.
DELL GUY: Okay! Thank you!
JER: You want me to go back farther, Chuck?
DELL GUY: Uh.
JER: 13275 Crocus Ave, Hartville Ohio! Boo-yah! You want more?
DELL GUY: I think that’s all I—
JER: 1707 Park Avenue, Winona Lake, Indiana. Shared a place with Dave Pacheco. Kabam! More?
DELL GUY: Ah…if… you’d like, I suppose.
JER: Okay, that was college: 200 Seminary Drive, Winona Lake, Indiana. Before that, Uniontown, Ohio: 1102 Meandering Creek Street. Then, Marietta, Georgia: 2200 Chimney Springs Drive. Then, of course, Akron, Ohio: 740 Westview Drive. Before that… uh… shoot… starts with a B… ah…
DELL GUY: That’s really more than enough.
JER: No, wait, tip of my tongue…
DELL GUY: No no, you’re approved, thankyouforchoosingDellgoodbye.
*Click*
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