so I had my Laptop serviced a few weeks ago. they fixed the screen thingy... sorta.

they said there was nothing they could do for the 'turn-off-when-touched' thing, "Just don't touch it", and that there was nothing wrong with the screen. They just played with my settings to brighten it =_='
it's just like, when your car starts making a funny noise, and you take it to the... car vet... (help me out here >.> and it starts to work perfectly, so he becomes $60 richer and thinks your an idiot....

well Ed cost me $68.75. Not too bad I guess, but the very next day, it did that random turny-offy thing again, and on reboot, lost the screen back-lighting AGAIN. Thankfully, this time only for a few minutes. long enough for me to loose all my currant work, flip out, and swear a lot.

so I've been super careful with it, limping it along.... yesterday I forgot and touched the corner again. Off it went. lost all my school work >.<'

so today I bought a MacBook Pro.
$2262.49.
the most money I've ever spent in one place.

I'm still getting use to the keys.
Mac Command = Window's Control (I have no idea what Mac Control does)
Mac Delete = Window's Backspace (Mac has no Windows delete function... that sucks. I used delete more than backspace XD)
alt is titled Option
enter is titled Return
it has the [fn] key, but I can't find any functions XD
it also has this random 'up' arrow with a line under it. I'm afraid to push that one... I think it's eject >.>

in any case, it needs a name. It's so pretty and dainty, I almost want to give it a feminine name, but that feels weird. All of our computers have been guys... except for Samantha, but she belonged to dad.

so now to download programs for it 8D
will add to this list as I realize what I'm missing... this part is just for me... you can quit reading now >.>
my list:
[x] browser - firefox
[x] messenger - aMSN (one of two really crappy MSN's for mac) No Plus! Live D:
[x] GIF animator - GIFfun
[x] Word possessor - AbiWord and Bean
[ ] 'excel' replacement - ?
[ ] solitaire and other games because this thing just comes with chess >.<'
[/] media players - Realplayer and... that other one...
[x] art programs - Gimp, Chocoflop, Art Of Illusion.... I need recommendations for this.