My laptop issues will be ongoing for longer than anticipated.

I ventured to the local Fry’s this morning only to be utterly disappointed.  I left empty-handed.

It started with a perusal of the drive section.  With only a handful of laptop drives to choose from, I realized with great horror that none of them fit my configuration.

The limited selection made that a sure deal.

Thinking I might find a an adapter to make one of the drives compatible, I headed over to the aisle with the various drive ribbons and connectors.

Batting two for two, I discovered they didn’t even have the connector for the drive’s native format, let alone a switch connector that could make it work.

Disgusted but not yet deterred, I headed to the software area thinking I could at least pick up the selection of items I would need (rebuilding the laptop from the ground up meant it was a good time to upgrade antivirus, firewall, security and other software selections).

I roamed and roamed and probably looked like I was casing the joint, so I flagged down an employee and asked about the various titles I needed.

They had none of them.  Not a single copy of any of them.

Ready to spit nails, I folded up my little shopping list, tucked it in my pocket, put my sunglasses on my face so no one would see the contempt oozing from my eyes, agitatedly made my way to the front of the store, then quickly exited lest I begin punching people who work there.

What a fiasco and what a waste of time!

Fry’s disappoints me on a regular basis, yes, but this is the first time they had none of what I needed (usually I can at least find one thing on my list).

Pathetic.

So I’ll order all the goodies on-line and will wait to do the rebuild once I have everything in hand.

Posting won’t be a huge problem since I have other computers to work with, and in truth the laptop does work—sometimes.  It’s just that I’ve spent a few years primarily doing my thing via the laptop, so it’s like learning all over again as I attempt to settle in temporarily at another workstation.

I suppose the first thing I should do is install the software I need so I can check e-mail, process images and start pulling all the RSS feeds I read.

What a headache this is turning out to be.