I bought a new HP computer the end of June. It was delivered the first week of July. I bought an HP because my last HP had been very reliable and I had used it, travelled with it, and given it a very serious workout but it had performed since 03 with no problems. I thought that deserved keeping my business with the company.

So I bought another HP right from the company. It was working fine, but soon it started getting lines across the screen. I contacted the company, and they sent me new drivers for the graphics card. That didn't fix it. So they told me to send it in. I did...on Aug. 27. Wellllll....it's taken longer for them to deal with it than I had hoped, and I've been without a functioning computer at home since then. It has kept me from keeping up with this blog. I was told finally that it could not be fixed within the warranty period and that I could get a new computer, which I chose to do. However, I'm not expecting to get it until later in the week next week. So I'm going to be doing what I can until then to keep up.