Well, my laptop is officially on it's way to that coffee table in the sky.
The power cable no longer charges the battery unless I apply pressure to where the adapter plug meets the machine.

That, and this machine is going on 3 or 4 years old. (I can't remember which).
I feel like crying when I lose two hours of work because the craptop overheated, YET AGAIN, from running PS.

Anywho, I'm going to build myself a desktop.
Until it's built, I'll not be submitting anything or doing much websurfing.
Don't worry, it'll be put together fairly quickly...

Here, you can have a look at what we came up with.
This configuration came about with help from dA forum members as well as from the folks over at TIMO.

Let me know what you think about it.
I'm going to start purchasing parts, a few at a time, in about two weeks so I've still got time to change things around a bit if need be.

I'd like to note that I did have a Wacom 9x12 included but Newegg discontinued it or something. I'll just pick up a refurbished unit at Wacom's official site...

Alright, well, wish me luck with this P.O.S. laptop I've got to deal with...

Thanks for reading my boring journal entry...
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