Photos by Ted Trimmer:
Aloiloi: Note its “false eye.”
Peter surfing at Rockpile.
How long will your computer last? From past experience, I think four years is the maximum lifespan for a personal computer. A friend has had hers for four years, and she finds herself waiting forever for various programs to appear on her screen. Imagine staring at the hour glass ad infinitum.
David has had his company’s computer for four years. Recently, it was attacked by malware. He took it to a technician at the university, but the technician was able to fix only part of it. David is going to order a new Dell online for around $700 with a friend’s special discount. Not a bad price! My PC is a Dell, also.
As for security, I like Microsoft Live One Care, which periodically updates its system to counter new viruses. I consider it superior to Norton and McCaffey, and have had no problems with viruses so far. I advised David to buy it for his new computer.
Lisa bought a Mac laptop computer, as the keyboard is wider and suits her better. However, she occasionally needs to borrow my PC, because certain courses at the university require it. There’s some incompatibility between the Mac and the PC, which is frustrating.
Ah, computers! What would we do without them?
P.S. My letter to the editor regarding UH athletics appeared in today’s Star-Bulletin on page 3. http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/letters/20091202_Letters_to_the_editor.html
December 2, 2009 at 1:34 am |
Can’t imagine my life without one….like a chapter in my daughter’s book says ‘my computer is my best buddy,never upset ,never moody.ever ready for fun,never grumpy or glum.’
December 2, 2009 at 4:32 am |
You’re right! Household computers used to not exist at all, then they were science fiction, then luxuries, then ‘everyone else’ had them, now they’re necessary.
I remember my grandmother saying the same thing about cars–she was born in 1897 and could remember the first time she ever saw one. By the time she died, everyone she knew had two of them LOL.
I looooove those photos.
December 2, 2009 at 6:50 am |
Things do change! I didn’t know anything about computers until I was in my 50s! I bought my youngest son a Mac and he taught me the basics. I had gotten discouraged with the school systems and decided not to teach again, but if I was going back into the working world I needed to be able to use a computer. From then on I took every class I could. I can’t even conceive of a day without my computer anymore, even being retired for over ten years!! I bought a Dell nearly a year ago and my one before that was also a Dell. They’ve worked really well for me — so far!
December 2, 2009 at 7:32 am |
4 years is about right.
We have moved from PC to Mac at home and at work and I have older laptops running XP Pro that the kids use. I will not buy the new Windows OS. I got an Aspire netbook for traveling with XP abd I have my old Asus netbook with Linux.
A long way from the first IBM home PCs with large floppies and MS DOS!
December 16, 2009 at 9:22 pm |
hi gigi ( italian name?) I would like be there and drop waves!!
ciao, Luis