bluetemplar187

So I'm super excited! About three months ago I started work on a two year advocacy initiative for people with disabilities (of which I am one), mental health issues, and substance use disorders as an independent contractor via a consulting group. When the work pays it pays me very well indeed which is a nice change because I'm used to working for free. My next payday is in a couple of weeks. Happy times! In far more upsetting and frustrating news, my favorite laptop ever continues to go bad piece by piece. On the one hand, it's all stuff related to the external hardware (webcam, mouse, certain keyboard keys) so I don't think it's about to explode or anything but on the other I'm vexed because for the LIFE of me I cannot find a new machine that fits my needs. I don't want to say cost is NO object, but it's pretty close given the work money and the fact that I plan to make whatever laptop I buy a long-term purchase (for reference I bought the one I'm using now in like, June 2010 or so) so going deep in the pocket is perfectly reasonable since it's also a business purchase. But I need a laptop with a bit more "heft" to it. I like bigger screens, deeper keyboards with lots of tactile feedback, and just a bit of weight. But that's going out of style. Probably my best bet to be honest is one of those custom gaming rigs, but I wouldn't use it for gaming so that seems a bit silly. And I do have another laptop that I bought probably 4-5 years ago sight unseen on a bigtime sale that I've basically never used that I could use as a stopgap, but I don't have the mental or emotional energy to make the switch rght now, not to mention there are things I don't like about it much (hence why I've basically never used it). It's just hard. I wish I knew what to do. ?