Roaming Tennessee Girl

ode to toshiba

After 8 years, 2 countries, 4 states and millions of tasks I finally gave away my very first and very trusty Toshiba laptop...it feels like the end of an era.

I vividly remember when I first bought it and the joy I felt. I was living in Virginia preparing for a live changing move overseas. I was blessed by a church that wanted to give the computer as a gift. I remember feeling scared out of my mind to drop the almost $1400 on a laptop (back in the early days of the laptop craze!). I had to remind myself God had blessed me with the funds so take the leap and my job required it!

Since that purchase in the summer of 2002 my Toshiba went with me EVERYWHERE. It helped me develop web pages, store pictures, write blogs, and web cam with family. However an 8 year old laptop is about a million in human years...

For the last 3 years I have been walking on eggshells and praying everyday I turned it on...It was taking about 10 minutes to boot up and had no available space for a picture much less an hour long podcast. As long as I used itunes or media during the first 2 hours it was on the sound worked. However after that time the sound no longer worked and itunes refused to do anything. I knew the time was coming to finally walk away.

After another huge financial blessing I am now the proud owner of a MacBook. I wish I was more sentimental about my good ole Toshiba but it was time to walk away and let her forever lie in the laptop graveyard or in my case with the parents. I can still visit her as long as she doesn’t blow up. Since my parents don’t throw anything away I will find it in the box 30 years from and hopefully remember why it was so important:)

posted by deanna @ 5:32 PM