Yep, we went and did it. We made Dell happy! We bought a new personal computer. We mulled over it for weeks. The original plan was that we would get the computer as our gift to each other for Christmas. DH was pleased because he didn’t have to worry about what to get me and he was FINALLY going to be able to compute when he pleased rather than the few piddly minutes I allow him. I was pleased because I would be getting a computer that could handle all my surfing, that was minus AOL and plus a cable modem.
\nWell, the computer came yesterday. YES!!!<\/p>\n
\nThe UPS man delivered the boxes. I left them in the foyer, thinking that DH would give me a hand uncrating them when he got home. About three in the afternoon I got an e-mail from his son. The computer was uncrated, and was set up in the great room on my trestle table. Would I please move the monitor to a more secure position so that the cat couldn’t accidently knock it off the table??
\nWow, that kid was fast. I don’t think he could bear the idea of the computer sitting there….or maybe he knew I’d need a little help getting all the plugs in the right place and he did it before he had to go off to work.
\nDid you know that computer plugs for those of us who don’t create our own computers are color coded these days? Sorta like Garanimals for kids….you match the yellow plug to the yellow receptacle…
\nI fixed dinner and managed to ignore the new computer until about 6:00 when DH’s son returned to join us for dinner. At that point we plugged it in and I spent the evening visiting with it.
\nDell does an amazing job of packaging a computer. The very first screen you see gives you the service tag number and the express service number, things you really want to know if you are a Dell user. I haven’t had to use them often, but without them you are dead in the water. Then Dell provides a little tour of the computer. Of course, that tour is pretty general, but it gives you an overview of how things are set up, and someone who is addressing a computer for the first time probably will appreciate being told about the “Start” button.
\nWe plan to hook this computer up to a cable modem. I’m quivering at the thought of being able to download something in less than an hour! We want to discuss our expectations with the kids, to be sure that we can do what we want to do, and then we will call the cable company for an appointment. I suppose it will be another two weeks before we are hooked up. I have to wait until then to post my first entry from the new computer.
\nMeanwhile, I plan to shift files from one computer to the other, and build my address book and favorites over at Yahoo. If you’ve experienced this kind of a shift and have any advice, please feel free to share it. I’d appreciate any suggestions that will make this go more smoothly.
\nHappy computing! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yep, we went and did it. We made Dell happy! We bought a new personal computer. We mulled over it for weeks. The original plan was that we would get the computer as our gift to each other for Christmas. … Continue reading