My home desktop computer is close to 6 years old. That's eons in computer-years and it's well past time for a new one. But a new computer, now that's an experience you don't embark on lightly. It's not really the money; computers are cheaper than ever before. Not only that, but I've discovered Craig's List and found a good deal on a laptop that's less than a year old and still under warranty.
No, it's not the money, it's the time, all that time getting to know the newcomer, re-installing software, cleaning up the old stuff that isn't needed anymore, and figuring out what to do with the old computer.
I could have bought software to help me move my settings, etc. to my new computer. But I tried that last time, and it really didn't work. Of course, in 6 years, they might have figured out this data migration stuff, but I figured how hard could it be to just move a few files.
Quicken went well. Outlook, not so much. My inbox was duplicated in the file view, which was harmless enough, but I found it irritating. So I searched the web and found a solution, then worked on setting up my accounts, and an hour later, Outlook was ready to go.
The process continues. I've backed up all my data files to another hard drive that I have inserted into a hard drive enclosure, the best peripheral I've ever bought. I purchased an additional hard drive on ebay to use to backup the entire image of my old computer, just in case. It came complete with a virus. (Thank you Norton Antivirus, for catching and fixing that little problem!) I bought and installed Acronis True Image to create that image. have a new wireless router that needs to be installed. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
I'm trying to adjust to the new extra wide monitor. I've had to tweak the settings to make it readable, and draw the shades because of the glare. I finally kept the high resolution, and set the fonts to large. Now if only someone would tell that to Movable Type. The text in this edit box is almost unreadable without the magnifier that came with my new wireless mouse.
I'm sure I'm making stupid mistakes, which is proof that this technology stuff stll isn't that easy.
You may not hear from me for a while.... :-)
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