Well I Did It
Bit the bullet and bought a refurbished Dell Inspiron 15 for about $400 (Anyone who tells me OMG DELL SUCKS YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT X COMPUTER will get a metaphorical baseball bat to the face. I went with what I am familiar with and can afford and I am OKAY with that). It has twice as much RAM and 4 times as much hard drive space as Max, and I'll be able to upgrade to Windows 7. And it's black. So that's cool. My dad and I agreed that as my Christmas present he'll pay for half of it.
I'm getting it shipped directly to my dorm, so hopefully no problems with the post office this time, and I should have it at the beginning of next week with all luck. In the mean time, back to the computer cluster I go. I'm starting to think I should just move in - god knows I spend enough time here. At the very least I should get a sticker saying that this computer (I always use the same one) belongs to me, so you little freshmen can keep your hands off.
I'm getting it shipped directly to my dorm, so hopefully no problems with the post office this time, and I should have it at the beginning of next week with all luck. In the mean time, back to the computer cluster I go. I'm starting to think I should just move in - god knows I spend enough time here. At the very least I should get a sticker saying that this computer (I always use the same one) belongs to me, so you little freshmen can keep your hands off.