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I just got my new computer after two weeks of extra waiting. I was all happy and ready to write more to my nano with my new keyboard. Then we noticed that the diskette drive didn't work. It just didn't notice that there was a diskette inside. I couldn't get my nanovel to the computer.

So we opened the case to see if the drive was connected. It was, and we wondered about it. Then, as Juri switched the computer on when the case was open, I noticed there was smoke coming out from inside the machine. The hard drive was smoking! Who has ever heard of/seen a hard drive smoking? We sure as hell hadn't. Processors can smoke. Hard drives don't.

So, the catch of the first day with my new computer is two parts that need to be replaced. Now that's a good computer. My trust for the functionality of the other parts is now gone and I will buy nothing from that computer store again after I get my replacements.

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