I finally got a new desktop computer. It’s an emachines. I was looking at hp desktops at the store but they didn’t have the one I wanted in stock. I didn’t need a monitor and all that stuff.. just the desktop. I saw this one for roughly the same price as the HP and got this one.
I just love it. It’s fast, small and compact and fits nicely on my small writing desk. I really wanted to get an HP but the ones they had at the store cost more than my pocketbook could afford right now.
I’m still using Andi’s spare laptop after I tried cleaning my desktop and removed the heatsink then bent some pins on it when I tried to put it back together. I should have left well enough alone and just used the canned air to get what I could instead of trying to make it spic and span.
The tower turns on and the fan runs like a champ but nothing loads. The USB ports and other plugs in the back don’t work at all and anything plugged into them don’t work.. like the monitor and keyboard.
A new heatsink will cost only about $20 but it’s just a matter of being able to spare that $20 right now. I’m also spending my time looking at netbook reviews, laptops on different websites or even a whole new desktop.
I’m just thankful, right now, that Andi had this spare laptop. It’s been a real lifesaver.
There are many ways to access the internet these days. I remember when there was only 1 way. That was by a big, clunky desktop computer. Now you can access it by your cell phone, PDAs and laptops.
I guess you could call me an old fashioned girl. I only get online by my desktop but it’s not old and clunky. I have a nice flat screen monitor (my old one took up half my desk!). The tower is still big but usually that hides in a door in my desk. I do use a wireless mouse though and wireless internet. When I 1st started online there was only dial-up and I was on AOL. That was the biggest pick-up place ever. Someone would always look for people online and try to pick them up. It was a bad scene.
I don’t use my cell for internet access because the data portion that’s necessary for that costs extra. I don’t need that anyway. But I do send status messages to Facebook by text once in awhile.
Do you use a PDA or cell phone for internet purposes?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words… that is if you have your camera with you.. and your batteries are charged or fresh… and your compact flash card is empty. If your batteries are dead then that picture is worth nothing.
I always download photos from my camera as soon as possible after taking pictures. When we went to Texas I downloaded every night when we stopped for the night. After we got home I transferred the pictures from the laptop to my desktop and then saved them to disk so I’ll always have them. It’s about time to do a photo backup again as I’ve added a lot more pictures to my desktop. It would be so sad if something happened to the desktop and those memories were lost.
