I Changed My Mind
Alright so I’m a dope. I spent quite a bit of time backing up files and playing with my “new” computer, only to decide to go back to the old one. Yes, here I sit on my OLD computer. I just couldn’t give it up! There’s really nothing THAT wrong with it, aside from a few little weird quirks that I’m more than use to.
You may be thinking, “if she didn’t need a new computer, why buy it?”. Well good question. I actually bought it off a friend’s relative because he was selling it super cheap. Oh it’s very used, and actually I found out it’s even older than my poor old ‘puter. But the thing is, this guy works on computers for a living so I knew it’s been in very good working condition. And it is too – with a whole lot of space (The hard drive is over 100 GB! For those of you who don’t have a clue what that means, let’s put it this way – my main drive on MY computer only has 15 GB!).
This is actually something that’s been bothering me for days. I really had a hard time deciding what computer to stick with. Bouncing back and forth isn’t doing me any bit of good. Also it was hard with the “new” computer to keep finding certain things that weren’t already on it. Things like Microsoft Office, Adobe reader, and a lot of other little things I use several times a day. Then of course there’s all my passwords missing, my bookmarks, and lots of personal settings that just drove me absolutely crazy.
I finally decided to come back to the old one because it’s what I’m use to. I cleaned it up a bit last night so it’s got at least 2 GB to run on (which that was the main reason I was switching, because mine was running out of space and I couldn’t download hardly anything). I also found some ways to move hard drive space to my main drive (what Windows runs on), but it’s so technical it scares the hell out of me lol. I found some programs to do it for me, but of course they aren’t free. Will have to put it on the “to buy” list so I don’t have to move to another computer any time soon.
On the plus side, all my files are backed up and I now have a back up computer. Or should I say the KIDS have a back up computer because we already had an extra lol. If I can find room somewhere and get another monitor/mouse/keyboard, I may just hook “the beast” up and use it for certain things. We’ll shall see, but for now it’s going to just sit there because I’m too stuck on my old ‘puter!
Your fellow WAHM in success,
Kara
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