Sunday, April 22, 2007
Those Familiar PC Blues.
My pseudo-Dell is cranky. It used to be a Dell 5 years ago, but after many continual problems, it was stripped and rigged with mainland China components, i.e., Dell parts w/o the nameplates. For $200, it was worth it compared to the prospect of buying a new pc/Mac at the time. Lately, though, it's been punking out. Must be the 110 volts running through it. I now have to unplug the cords for the mouse and for the keyboard so that the pc can start up, giving a whole new twist on the plug-n-play ease of working. My external HD also has to be unplugged and then plugged for it to allow the op system to engage. When loading my tax software, the cd drive mysteriously goes to sleep, bringing the whole system down with it. Only after multiple "naps" was the whole tax software fully loaded.
It's begging to be euthanized.
On the positive side of things, you know those Apple movies? Well, my pseudo-Dell seems to be getting brighter. As it downloads the movies, especially the one titled "Sabotage", the pc seems to be formaulating the inkling that by downloading these commercials it is mocking itself. So, what does the pseudo-Dell do? It locks up 3/4 of the way through, so that I miss the punchline. I have to slog on downstairs to catch the entire thing on my Ever Loving Wife's Mac. Oh, for the day when I'll be Back on the Mac again.
It's begging to be euthanized.
On the positive side of things, you know those Apple movies? Well, my pseudo-Dell seems to be getting brighter. As it downloads the movies, especially the one titled "Sabotage", the pc seems to be formaulating the inkling that by downloading these commercials it is mocking itself. So, what does the pseudo-Dell do? It locks up 3/4 of the way through, so that I miss the punchline. I have to slog on downstairs to catch the entire thing on my Ever Loving Wife's Mac. Oh, for the day when I'll be Back on the Mac again.
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