{"id":295,"date":"2009-10-10T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T21:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewannabegourmet.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2009-10-10T16:03:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T21:03:15","slug":"after-a-year-of-bad-computer-experiences-ive-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewannabegourmet.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"After a year of bad computer experiences, I&#8217;ve returned!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div><p>Had my laptop blow up (remember last October when the hard drive went? &#8212; well, I didn&#8217;t lose anything this time!), my desktop blow up, and had Dell replace both, both with superior machines. The desktop now screams with 24 gb of memory, while the laptop is a much nicer (and more memory -4 Gb version with blu ray disc player. I&#8217;m still cooking (and will be sharing more soon). Budget cuts at work have had me working longer hours, so&#8230; some things have suffered. 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