I hate computers. I really do. And when I say that I hate them, of course I mean that I love them, but they irritate me . . . or something like that. My family PC (which we have had for about 3 years) has suddenly decided that it no longer wishes to live. It takes five minutes to boot up and about two minutes just to load Microsoft Word. During these loading times, the computer makes a noise like a jet preparing to take off. Last night I tried to plug my printer USB into the back, and that somehow shorted out the two USB ports on the front, causing my mouse and keyboard to cease functioning. After I pulled the printer USB out of the back and restarted, everything seemed fine again. So, I managed to convince my parents that our current computer is dying and we must buy a new one. They really didn't want to spend the money, so I decided that I would buy it for them and they could pay me later. I went to Best Buy and bought an E-machines PC (henceforth referred to as Crap-machines). It was a superb deal and had everything my family could need in a PC. My brother and I brought it home, set it up, and turned it on. Immediately, a screen popped up saying "your PC has encountered a serious hardware error," and it gave a list of files that were irreparably damaged. My only option, according to the tech support guy I called, was to reinstall Windows. After I reinstalled Windows, it worked fine, except that every time it booted up it would tell me that it had just recovered from another serious error. In my experience, this is a very bad indication for a new computer. Of course, I was angered by this, and I may have even said a bad word or two. I took the Crap-machine back to Best Buy, and they gave me my money back. This afternoon, I ordered a Dell that looks a lot better (3.06 Ghz. P4 HT processor! WOOHOO! 512 Mb. RAM! WOOHOO! 128 Mb. GeForce FX 5200! WOOHOO!). I hate computers.