Grrrrrr

[celticdragonfly]

I hate this computer.

Oh, it could be worse. It could be much worse. It could not work at all, it could crash and burn in any of a number of nasty ways that I really, really hope it won't.

But I'm still annoyed with it.

It's slow, it requires frequent reboots - and as a person who likes to leave various Firefox tabs open until I get back to them - that's very annoying. It can't network with selenite's computer right next to it, although it should. And it totally seizes up for a while whenever I try to open a pdf files. I have grown to HATE pdf files. There I'll be with a window full of links to interesting knitting patterns, clicking away to open them in new windows, and I unknowingly hit a pdf link, and wham, no response from anything for a while. Hate that.

Also I hate the DVD/CD player that, just like the one it replaced, will not autoplay - although frankly I've gotten used to that - but it also won't play DVDs. Wish I'd realized we were going to get a DVD player soon and had gotten a burner instead, although I'm sure that wouldn't work, either.

Sigh. I want someone to be willing to build me a new computer, something with a good processor and LOTS of memory, and hook my current hard drive into it so I don't lose all my STUFF, and network it to Karl's computer. If someone local is actually willing to DO that, for real, let me know your bid. (selenite may be freaking as he reads that, given money situations, but hey, more data is good, honey)

Comments

[dartpoly.livejournal.com]

Lemme come take a look at it -- it's probably NOT in need of hardware upgrades.

When's a good time? (and what part of town do you guys live in?)

email me: dart@dartanyansdesigns.com

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Actually, I bet it does need upgrades. It was a mediocre level processor, not top of the line, when we bought it back in '98. It had some extra memory added, but I think it's topped out. And it had the hard drive replaced, because the old one was dying.

I'm at home during the days. We live over at the far northwest edge of Fort Worth.