Death of a Dell Laptop

Krisann gave me her old dell laptop, it was an Inspirion 5160. I really liked it. Kinda heavy, and the fan was really loud, but very reliable and held all of my important information and links to all of the best places on the internet.
I no longer am able to click my little stumble upon button, to go to beautiful places on the web, some of the most fantastic pictures of space, flowers, people, mountians, rivers, seas and many other great photos.
Alex Shalmans' web page has been my morning read with coffee I had him on my start page. I still have coffee with Alex, but now I must wait till there is a computer available to use.
John Chow still sends me e-mail but once again there is the wait for a computer to check my e-mail.
How is it that one little piece of technology can make a human feel so lost when it dies. I feel like I have lost a close friend, someone who held my hand when sad and lonely, went on incredible journeys with me and was never to busy to sit down and play a game of cards or write a letter.
OK, I am not completely nuts. I know that a laptop is just so much plastic, and technology. That it has no feelings and does not really keep a human company.
But what a wonderful world that we live in that I am able to sit on the couch and go to all of the wonderful places and sites that I have gone to. Find any answer I have a question for. Read what is important to others in the world, finding others who want to share there thoughts and convictions.
I am now on Krisanns' Dell inspiron 1720, it is light and if it has a fan you can not even hear it. Krisann and family are Dell people, she is able to talk to her husband in Iraq, Dell to Dell thru Skypes they are even able to see each other face to face. Instant messages come thru from many friends near and far.
Krisann is achieving her dreams of finishing her college degree, thru this wonderful Dell connection.
I realize that the Internet is still there and someday I will get another computer, but my Dell inspiron 5160 was my portal to the wonderful, fantastic, incredible place called the Internet. I just feel better acknowledging the fact that it is gone and will be missed.
Pat