I woke up on Sunday and my computer had died. I think it must have been sometime in the night. All I know is that when I got up and tried to turn her on…nothing happened. I called my computer guru and he came at the start of the week.and pronounced her really and truly gone. He did, however, download all my programs onto an external hard drive and on Wednesday, Hubby and I went shopping for a new laptop.
I’d seen cheap prices at Best Buy, but I warn you, they are high pressure salesmen, and they do not really care what they are selling you.
At one point I was getting light headed from hunger so we left to have lunch and I read all the sheets about their computers. I was not happy, since most of them did not have a CD/DVD drive.
So, we drove over to Sam’s and I found two I liked. I called my Guru, who at this point is on speed dial, and he helped me decide what machine to buy. An adorable ASUS Sonic Master.
Taking it out of the box and plugging it in and then turning it on, well I could feel my hands shake! But when I got to the start page I realized I was about to step into another frontier! Windows 8!
It’s been a challenge, but today Brad came and installed framework that gives me back my XP type frame work. Now I love the machine and I am having a great time. Once again, computer working is fun!
So that is where I have been these last few days. Here, but computer-less. Now I am up and running and happy to be back!
Last Monday my computer died. Took it to Geek Squad Friday and they performed last rites on the hard drive. Still under warranty, it will be repaired or replaced. So I understand your angst. Love you. Carol