The Morning Girl
via
Tommy Lee Smith
Picked
up my fixed Quad
Core from Computer Geek JW this morning, and am now waiting for my new
disk drive to get here. JW also donated a Windows 7 Pro install
disk,
so woot-woo.
I know what you're saying, "Whoa Rodge, we sure do miss reading in
detail about your computer woes, and how they've been fkng you over
lately. Can't you at least find a few minutes to tell us
more?"
Well, okay. I haven't let moss grow under me old mouse pad this past
month.
First I bought MoSup a HP
Chrome Book
(recon from Woot. $200). That thing was heavier than a granite
bowling
ball, but the 14" Way Hi_Def screen was awesome. I figured it
out,
loaded it with stuff MoSup likes and she actually quite liked it.
Then
morning came and it wouldn't start. HP suggested that I open it
up and
do things with the drive, etc.; I sent it back to Woot.
Then I bought her a HP
Pavilion 23-b010 All-in-One Desktop PC (recon
from Woot for $300). The 23 inch screen impressed her, but at
this
point she was tired of it all. She has her desktop, a gen 1 iPad,
and
a Kindle. She could prolly live with just the Pad and
Kindle. I don't
know if I'll send it back yet.
I will say that Window's 8 is
a revelation. Total departure from anything MS has put out
before.
What they're doing is following the Apple template (where you have to
have a MS Store ID to ad apps. I sort of like it.
What I don't like is the 1.3Gb processor (not replaceable) and 4
GB ram (will take 16). What I really
don't like
is the flimsy burner drive that took a full hour to install PS Pro
X3.
Plus, I don't really know what to do with it. If I was a
bachelor I'd
leave it on the kitchen table, where it is now, and not have anyone
complaing that we have too many computers in too many places.
Oh, one more thing. That "Morning Girl" above? I truly
admire her humor, her sense of adventure, and her "don't give me that liberal crap" spirit (all
of which I sense). But,
this girl, Laura
Dekker.
HFS! She sailed a 42 foot boot around the globe at age 14
(youngest
person ever to do that). A snip of the fascinating
documentary of
that adventure is
here; and full on NetFlix.
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