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susandennisMy brother, apparently, spent a long time troubleshooting my computer when he was here. He thinks the issues that I'm still having are hardware. He's also pretty sure I could eventually figure out what it is but that's where I pulled the plug. There's only so much futzing that I have the patience for. If we were physically closer, I'd let him and his techs have their way with it. But, life's too short.
A laptop is going to be more practical anyway. He has a great guy that he's worked with for years who refurbishes the laptops he sells in the shop. My brother says his guy can put together a nice laptop and any need accessories just for me. And it will be warrantied and since it's a laptop it would be easy to send off for service if need be. It doesn't need a great battery and it does not need to be particularly light weight. But it does need to be able to drive 3 monitors. He thinks they can find something good and not too pricey so cool. And yeah for have a solution in the future.
The external hard drive I ordered with my Best Buy gift card arrived. And wow. It's a USB 3.0 for starters and also built in this century. I have a house full of really old, slow, futzy drives. Even my whiny machine loved this one from the first plug in and it copied 200 GB in a flash. Sweet.
I just focused on the fact that Friday is Doll/Bear delivery day. I need to get the group shots done tomorrow which is also hair color day. Busy Busy!
A laptop is going to be more practical anyway. He has a great guy that he's worked with for years who refurbishes the laptops he sells in the shop. My brother says his guy can put together a nice laptop and any need accessories just for me. And it will be warrantied and since it's a laptop it would be easy to send off for service if need be. It doesn't need a great battery and it does not need to be particularly light weight. But it does need to be able to drive 3 monitors. He thinks they can find something good and not too pricey so cool. And yeah for have a solution in the future.
The external hard drive I ordered with my Best Buy gift card arrived. And wow. It's a USB 3.0 for starters and also built in this century. I have a house full of really old, slow, futzy drives. Even my whiny machine loved this one from the first plug in and it copied 200 GB in a flash. Sweet.
I just focused on the fact that Friday is Doll/Bear delivery day. I need to get the group shots done tomorrow which is also hair color day. Busy Busy!
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Date: 2016-02-04 01:27 pm (UTC)My mom's desktop was doing the same thing. She'd bought it brand new in 2009 and only used it for playing solitaire and checking her email. It started slowing down and freezing on her last year, and so a few months ago she'd had enough. Gave me her debit card and sent me to the store to buy her a new computer. She's happy again :)
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Date: 2016-02-04 01:59 pm (UTC)