goodbye, Dell. You served me well!

last week ended in a pretty bad news. nay, devastating news..my prized possession, which was always available to me 24*7 for the last 4 years, is no longer with me...the first signs came in about an year ago, when the cabinet showed enough signs of wear and tear....then some keys stopped working/broke, followed by battery which couldn't survive 2 minutes on its own....DVD writer on life support with an external writer...as it just became "The Reader" and forgot how to write....and the last straw came when the screen also gave way....so here i am, back with a desktop...guess its the recession effect :)