Tuesday SOL - 1/23/18 - A New Computer And Numerous Challenges
My old laptop has been slowing going downhill and needs to be replaced, so I've been contemplating and looking and investigating and waiting for the right price.
What do I need, what do I plan on doing with this computer? How big a screen, how big a hard drive, how much speed? The questions are endless.
Or should I just go with an I-pad? No, hubby couldn't handle that!
So a deal came up and after much hemming and hawing, I bit the bullet and ordered it
It arrived.
NOW
To get it set up to imitate the "old" one. You know us "older" folks don't handle change very well and somethings are really difficult to understand.
The first amazing thing was that my desktop picture was there as soon as I turned the computer on. My browser was in tact and everything looked familiar. Now to load the programs and documents that I needed to work with.
The main challenge was to get my e-mail addresses loaded into the e-mail program. Of course, my "old" 2003 version of Office was obsolete. So I'm trying out the new and improved Office. After a few challenging days of trying various ways to import, a light bulb lit up and in no time I had all my e-mail addresses available. Amazing!
Things are looking up and it hasn't been too bad of an experience. I'm storing more things on my external hard drive and the old computer and hoping not to get this one bogged down with "stuff".
As of now, life is good.
What do I need, what do I plan on doing with this computer? How big a screen, how big a hard drive, how much speed? The questions are endless.
Or should I just go with an I-pad? No, hubby couldn't handle that!
So a deal came up and after much hemming and hawing, I bit the bullet and ordered it
It arrived.
NOW
To get it set up to imitate the "old" one. You know us "older" folks don't handle change very well and somethings are really difficult to understand.
The first amazing thing was that my desktop picture was there as soon as I turned the computer on. My browser was in tact and everything looked familiar. Now to load the programs and documents that I needed to work with.
The main challenge was to get my e-mail addresses loaded into the e-mail program. Of course, my "old" 2003 version of Office was obsolete. So I'm trying out the new and improved Office. After a few challenging days of trying various ways to import, a light bulb lit up and in no time I had all my e-mail addresses available. Amazing!
Things are looking up and it hasn't been too bad of an experience. I'm storing more things on my external hard drive and the old computer and hoping not to get this one bogged down with "stuff".
As of now, life is good.
Glad to hear that things worked out better than expected. I know I hate getting a new computer and then getting it synced with everything else.
ReplyDeleteI need a new computer and won't mind the change if it's a true improvement - sometimes "newer" isn't "better" and not because of comfort and familiarity! "Effective" is what I want ... here's to enjoying all of your work on your new laptop.
ReplyDeleteWhat an accomplishment all of that is! Congratulations! I'll need to get a new one soon, so I'll be stressed, too.
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