Comments | grrgoyl: 4 years have come and gone like THAT; there's one born every minute and I'm not it

grrgoyl

4 years have come and gone like THAT; there's one born every minute and I'm not it

Dec 07, 2009 04:37

Remember when I said I was going to try to start writing shorter, more digestible entries? This is not one of them. But since I'm so super nice, I'll cut for length so the boring doesn't take up your whole f-list for a day.

( ::We need ANOTHER new computer:: )

computer woes, pets, ebay, computer buying

Comments 6

ms_hecubus December 7 2009, 19:39:42 UTC

I have Vista and I really don't get what all the hate is about. The only thing that bugged me was when it first hit the market there was a lot of product incompatability, but a few months later they had patches for everything so it was no big deal.

Oh, and e-machines are kind of crap. I had one once and would never do it again. I think I got 2 years out of it. My Compaq, on the other hand, is 3 or 4 years old and I'm still happy with its performance.

grrgoyl December 8 2009, 05:57:58 UTC

MyFriendDeb has Vista too. She loved it at first. Lately she's been saying I'm lucky I avoided it (not sure what's changed). Mr. HP said 7 is an amalgamation of all the best parts of Vista and XP.

Are they? They're made by Gateway, which I thought was a safe name. Our first computer was an HP and we had problems so I was leery, but that was 17 years ago (computers were so new HP had a little guy that looked like Mr. Monopoly that popped up ALL THE TIME to help with every damn screen. Maybe that's why we hated it). I always thought HP was like a Walmart top-of-the-line product (crappy mass production but at least a recognizable name brand), so we'll see.

So far apart from taskbar settings mysteriously changing themselves, 7 is pretty exciting. But probably all the super cool new things I'm impressed with were taken from Vista.

metatronis December 10 2009, 08:10:17 UTC

Strangely enough, my friend just decided last week to start making Jayne hats. She even made one for my rabbit!
My mom also just got a new computer with Windows 7 cause the old one was too old and slow.
Hmmmmmmmmm, coincidences??

grrgoyl December 10 2009, 19:40:37 UTC

Every time we see a rabbit on TV, Tery starts yelling, "Bunny! Why are you so stinky, bunny?" We never get tired of it. A little Jayne hat must look awesome on him!

It's not a coincidence at all. I am your friend and your mother. I'm you and I'm me. Kind of like Edmond Dantes in "Vendetta."

Does she totally love Windows 7? I totally love it.

metatronis December 12 2009, 07:15:10 UTC

I'm glad Reggie has achieved this level of fame! I'm sure he'd be pleased if his tiny bunny head wasn't filled with fluff. I'm planning on taking pictures if it ever gets sunny out again.

She's not so much into computers, so she mainly just likes that it's faster. I set it up for her, and I like it a lot. I don't think I'll upgrade from vista unless I have to, but it'll be nice when I get a new computer.

grrgoyl December 12 2009, 20:03:13 UTC

I forgot to mention the coolest thing about my hat -- the eBay seller included a copy of the note from Ma Cobb: "My Dear Boy..." It was perfect. Your friend should totally do that!

I like the speed, but I also like all the little changes. Coming from XP it's pretty radically different (you probably felt the same way going to Vista) and at first I was like, "I'll never figure this out" because EVERYTHING was different. But the more I poke around the more I like how much easier a lot of the changes make it.