I had the best, most awesome idea!

I should buy a LAPTOP!

No, really. Hear me out:

I want to buy a second monitor for my PC. However, said PC was built around the time God told Jesus to invent fire (as is my understanding of intelligent design) and desperately needs a total overhaul to truly make use of a dual monitor setup (for the nerds: I’m running an underclocked Barton 2500 with 1GB of RAM and a Radeon 9600 video card). Instead of buying another monitor and essentially a whole new PC, why don’t I just buy a LAPTOP? It has a monitor built in! I could use my current monitor with it! It would be VERY SEXY!

Since I can’t make any kind of decision without a list:

Pros:

• LAPTOP!
• It would use less power than my PC – I am environmentally friendly!
• Laptops come with batteries – the next time the power blows in my apartment, it won’t fry my power supply
• So, no more replaced power supplies!
• Laptops take up much less room than my current PC
• New toy! Hooray!

Cons:

• Ed thinks the idea sucks
• Ed obviously hates me
• To adequately replace my PC, I’d be looking at a much more expensive laptop than I originally stabbed at
• Most new laptops are sold with Vista, and Vista is the fucking devil

I think I should do it. One of my monthly payments is about to be chopped in half, I can easily afford it, and it’s my birthday month.

Quick, someone be a Voice of Reason before I hit submit.