
Bluefast asked: My father has bought a new laptop. It’s pretty decent, has long battery life (was told it was 6hrs..unsure about that though), vista, dvd recorder, etc… I’d like to use it for classes due to the battery life.
Unfortunately, my father got it at a bargain deal (that’s all he’ll ever shop for), and the warranty is estimated at about 50% the cost of the laptop itself. Due to this my father said he won’t take out a warranty on it.
I feel uncomfortable with saving important files on a laptop that I’ll be carrying around, knowing that if something happens to it then that’ll be it. My father, who never uses computers, doesn’t understand my concern with saving files onto a computer that he says we can just “throw away” if it breaks.
Your opinions - should I refuse to use it or try it out? I’m not accident prone or anything like that, but I figure there’s always bound to be a problem occur.
Update: I”m not complaining. I am merely being precautious. There is a big difference between the two.
Pearl