shy girl
I know I’ve had pictures of her on the blog before, but this was strivingcynic cat’s big sister. A very sweet girl!
As I’ve probably also mentioned before, the computer I use for blogging has been frustrating me due to its “slowness.” When I got it, I thought it was the best thing ever…it replaced a 6 year-old computer that just could not handle what I needed to use it for. But, time passed and suddenly, another 6 years were gone…and I realized my technique of turning on the computer and going away for 15 minutes so I wouldn’t get frustrated while it booted up was no longer working for me. Neither was the freezing/slow loading. 6 years is apparently all I can tolerate as far as computer ages go…which means this is the first post on my new computer.
[I should admit here that mr. strivingcynic put me on a more proactive path than the one I was on. The one where I sat and pouted and whined about how slow things were. Not only did he point me in the direction of some good choices, but helped me get set up (left to my own devices, this would still be sitting in the box till the weekend)]
One thing I realized with the previous computer was that all the photos I was now taking were going to take up too much space. So, I got an external hard drive and moved a lot of photos there. Every once in a while, I’d want to use a photo that I knew was on the hard drive…since I didn’t keep it connected…well, I wasn’t going to do the waiting to connect it, so I couldn’t use the photo.
Now, I’ve got a new setup and will stay connected to the hard drive, which means I have access to the vault. So, I can go back and display pictures like this one:
My trip to Rome, 2006
or this:
from when sc cat was a kitty and I built him a “house” out of cat food can boxes
So, I’m excited that I get to work on my blogs and look at yours in a less-frustrating setting!
Do you have a set time period for exchanging/upgrading technologies? How do you decide what to choose?
yea!! congrats on the new computer, zo! enjoy having access to all of those photos (love that last one of sc kittie – that is way cute!).
my laptop is now three years old…and it’s still fine. i get the spinny wheel of death sometimes, but overall, i am happy. i do have “the beast” computer as a backup…no clue as to how old it is, but over ten years, i am going to guess. i keep it “just in case” but it would be so frustrating if i had to use it, i know!
have a great day!
I’m keeping the old laptop as a back up, but it was clear it just wasn’t working for me in many ways.
Sc cat used to love hanging out in his makeshift house! He outgrew it, but it was fun.
Yay for new computers! Looking forward to see some of the archives!
I usually keep them until there is an issue that upgrading the operating system will not fix (our old mac tower can’t even have the new system since it doesn’t have the pentium chip so that one we REALLY need to replace. I think it might be 6 yo!). For iphones we usually do ever couple of years. Sometimes it’s hard not to fall into the trap that the new ones are so much more cool! My 16yo wants a new iphone everytime one is released but I have a two year minimum on those…
It does seem that the second you make an upgrade, something newer and better comes out. I’m not a techie so I can live without the absolute latest, but when I can’t do something I want to do, I get frustrated!
I’m not that good at technology so I work with my computer as it is. I actually can’t remember When I got it. It’s not a problem most of the time, but it is taking it’s time booting up these days. I just go away for a while as you say! Good luck with your new computer, Zo!
Thanks. I am definitely not a patient person, so the trying to open something
Followed by waiting makes me crazy!
Congrats on the new computer! I definitely need a new one. (And now I feel really guilty for actually typing that out while using the old one. I almost feel like she’s going to freeze up again just because I hurt her feelings.) Mine is about five years old, and I don’t know if it’s just slow or if it has a virus, but it often freezes up, requires a hard reboot, and then takes 15 minutes to boot back up again. Drives me bonkers! I really want a Mac. (Sorry, computer, sorry. I don’t mean it. I love you, I really do. Don’t freeze up, mmkay?) It’s really hard for me to spend a big chunk of money on anything, though.
I have that same sense of “I am betraying my computer/angering it by speaking ill of it.” it was a good computer…but it was time!