WELCOME LAPPY! उर्फ अथ लैपटॉप क्रय कथा

मेरी सखी सुरेखा कई साल दिल्ली में बिताकर आखिर अपने शहर हैदराबाद लौट गई। उसका दोस्ताना और बिंदास अंदाज़ सबको उसका मित्र बनने का न्यौता सा देता है जिसे नजर-अंदाज करना आसान नहीं।

तो, सुरेखा ने हाल ही अपनी महीनों पुरानी मुराद पूरी कर ही ली- एक लैपटॉप खरीद कर। दरअसल दिल्ली में तो बिना कुछ किए भी इंसान व्यस्त रहा आता है। तिस पर तफरीह के हजार बहाने, मौके, और जगहें। सो, हैदराबाद जाने पर उसके पास खूब फुर्सत रहने लगी तो उसने और मित्र-मंडली ने उसके लिए एक पुस्तक लिखने का काम मुकर्रर कर दिया। तो जनाब, जैसा कि सरकार में चलन है, पहले सरंजाम तो हो फिर काम के बारे में कुछ सोचा जाए। तो इसी सोच के तहत भविष्य में किताब लिखने के लिए आज लैपटॉप तो होना ही चाहिए था, जो कि अब उसके पास हो गया है। अब उसके इंस्टॉलेशन की दिलचस्प कहानी जब उसने मुझे भेजी तो आपके साथ क्यों न साझा करती। शायद इस मौके पर सुरेखा में आपको खुद की या अपने आस-पास के लोगों की झलक दिख जाए!

hey guys
I was hit between the eyes by technology today! to elaborate..... almost in kiddish glee i announce that i bought a DELL Inspiron! Ofcourse my great friends kiran aka kins,sunny,nilu,shayku,mandy, sam, emani,ramakanth and sripriya already know about it. but for the rest i am announcing now. am pretty thrilled with this lean mean machine!

The dearest lappy came on karthika pournami but the internet connection was slated for 2day. So the friendly neighbourhood beam cable wallah came in Ayyappa swamy black wraparound! My frends in delhi wont know this attire but i shall spare you the details.

When he brought in another wire from so many wires coming into my house(seriously these crisscrossing wires spoil the beauty of the landscape or whatever is left of it!!!) when he tried to type in my user name which has @ in it, hold your breath!!!!! when he held shift and pressed 2 he got inverted comma!!!!! my new [appy was not typin @!!! he said madam call DELL. I said whaaaaaaaaaaat? call dell? i havent even used the bludy lappy and i have to call them for troubleshooting?

Guys i was totally cheesed off finally i cald the customer carel(less) bloke and that is when technology hit me right between my eyes! My problem was solved in no time! on telephone and online! (no shady repair guy with a shady briefcase required!!) All my frends know that as far as computer savvyness is concerned I am still a neanderthal so i was mighty impressed when this guy asked me on phone what my problem was and gave me a set of instructions ( our interaction was like a kindergartener(me) and a PhD in Software & Hardware (him) and logged on to my system and asked me to relax for five minutes!

i cud see him working on my system. he went to control panel and then keyboard and then in a giffy he asked me to type @ and it worked! things were set right. shift 2 was @! when i sed it was ok aquestionnaire appeared about customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction and i filled it and he requested if he can let go now? i enjoyed this tech advance so much that i actually look forward to future trubleshooting!!!!!

For most of you this might not seem like the technological marvel of the century but ifor a dinosaur like me it was.

Thanks for reading this lambaaaaa story guys!

yours forever
tyrannosaurus