Author: Tom Bair, Location: Portland, Oregon USAPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 8:04 pm Post subject: Cha-cha-changes! ---- After two decades of using laptops, my wife has decided to go back to her roots and has ordered a Dell DESKTOP for her home office.
Of course I've always had a desktop around during the years... it's what records my security cameras. But I've mostly been doing my computing on a laptop and once in awhile a tablet.
So what's next? A wristwatch I can watch The Big Bang Theory on?
Author: alt.don, Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 11:05 pm Post subject: ---- New computer stuff is always nice so good for her. It certainly seems as if everything is becoming IP enabled these days.
Author: Tom Bair, Location: Portland, Oregon USAPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject: ---- She is unhappy that she is getting stuck with Windows 8 ... she wanted Windows 7. And I'm totally surprised she isn't getting the touch-tech monitor.
Author: alt.don, Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 10:14 pm Post subject: ---- Unless she really needs Windows just install a flavor of Linux. She would be fine with it as I don't think she is a huge gamer. Windows is fine I just prefer Linux myself.
Author: Tom Bair, Location: Portland, Oregon USAPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:20 pm Post subject: ---- As an update: She has gone back to laptops while that new desktop sits in her office gathering dust! She refuses to talk about it ... and I don't mention it ... grin.