Results: My P/C and Me
Published on 01/07/2025
Late last year I got a new laptop computer. I was really enjoying it, until the day (just 3 months later) it messaged me that it needed to be plugged in; and it already was. My battery went dead, and I endured 6 days with no internet. My computer tech diagnosed motherboard issues and sent it back to the company I got it from.
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Among the things I missed when I had no computer access was Spellcheck. It takes so much longer to look up a word in a dictionary. How long has it been since you looked up a word in a paperback or hardbound dictionary?
I did today.
4%
89 votes
This week
7%
144 votes
The last few weeks.
7%
162 votes
A month.
5%
99 votes
Months
8%
181 votes
A year or more
48%
1064 votes
I never look up words.
8%
178 votes
N/A
13%
283 votes
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I really missed having access to Accu Weather on my P/C. Doggy walks can be pretty miserable if you don't dress appropriately. I used the Weather Channel on TV instead. But sometimes I had to wait 10 minutes to see the crawl that ran across the bottom of my TV screen with info about MY area. How do you get your weather forecasts?
Online on my P/C
32%
698 votes
On my cell phone
46%
1011 votes
On TV
39%
849 votes
On the radio
14%
316 votes
From family or friends
6%
132 votes
i look out the window.
21%
453 votes
I don't check on the weather.
2%
34 votes
N/A
10%
227 votes
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I really missed taking Tellwut member-generated surveys and communicating in the Comments section. Would you miss Tellwut if you had no internet access?
Yes, a lot
40%
880 votes
Yes, somewhat
34%
739 votes
I would be indifferent.
8%
186 votes
Not much
4%
97 votes
No
3%
55 votes
N/A
11%
243 votes
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After a week, my IT guy provided a loaner P/C. Although It was great to have access to the internet again, I used the computer sparingly, as it was outdated, with some quirks. So for the 4 weeks my P/C was being repaired, I didn't have much of an online presence. What things would you miss most if your P/C went kerflooey (and you didn't have internet on your cell phone)?
Access to banking
41%
908 votes
Being able to look up phone numbers
14%
310 votes
Access to personal medical or dental portals
14%
307 votes
Interaction with friends and family via email.
34%
751 votes
Being on Social Media
23%
495 votes
Being able to do research and get questions answered
38%
841 votes
Getting the news
30%
666 votes
Conducting business, like with insurance companies
10%
217 votes
Being able to purchase things online.
34%
742 votes
Other
9%
208 votes
Nothing. I would consider it a nice break.
6%
138 votes
N/A
14%
308 votes
Access to job search sites.
5%
107 votes
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