The other week my husband and I agreed that it was time to update my laptop. My old one was…very old and decrepit in terms of current events of electronics. It worked – slowly – but it worked. My mother taught me that old saying ‘Do or do without, wear it out and then keep using it until it falls apart.’ Totally paraphrasing that.
I agree with my mother and try to ’do without’ a lot of the extras. But you don’t want to get too far behind in electronics/software programs. It’s hard to play catch up with the technology freight train express. And another motivation for me is my profession. I have to keep up with computers as they are my main tool almost every minute of my work day.
Finding a computer that is well priced, with just enough bells and whistles that doesn’t over whelm me or make me wonder if the machine will explode when I don’t keep up with the updates can be challenge. In all reality, I only need three things – Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Internet. That’s it. No fancy operating system, graphics or video editing. My husband keeps pushing me to convert to a Mac – no thanks.
Thankfully my wish came true at Costco…with a couple twists.
I have to learn a new operating system and layout of the keyboard. I can live with that – have been for a week now. It’s amazing how life is a little easier with a tool called ‘a computer’.
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