Ah, technology, how we love you

[rikibeth]

eternaleponine just got a new laptop. She's setting it up now. There's a lot of vehement language involved.

I expect it'd be a lot worse if she'd gotten Vista.

ETA: The worst offender seems to be Google Desktop. eternaleponine does not seem to welcome our new Google overlords.

Also, a volume control would be nice.

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[kiviuq.livejournal.com]

Eep. Yes, say no to Vista!

[egwenna.livejournal.com]

Also, a volume control would be nice.

...For the laptop, or Eponine? ;-)

[lediva.livejournal.com]

Darn, you beat me to it! :)

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

Setting up any new computer involves vehement language. It's a rule.

As for Vista... my new desktop has it. And after six weeks of using it, I'm thinking about getting a new laptop so I can have Vista on it as well. It's a total pain in the ass migrating stuff (I moved in a couple hard drives and a wireless card from the old to the new), but I would think in a laptop where there's no migrating anything other than docs and pics, well.

*shrug* Your mileage may vary, of course.

(Google Desktop is the devil)

[happybluebunny.livejournal.com]

"eternaleponine does not seem to welcome our new Google overlords."

I had that little problem with Wikipedia

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

Vista is considered child abuse in 13 states. Shoulda gotten her a Mac!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

eternaleponine isn't my daughter, she's my housemate. This is a Dell with XP -- her own choice. My daughter has a secondhand laptop picked up from another Susboid family, and it's also running XP. It was cheaper than buying Word for her to use on MY Mac laptop.

[sapphorlando.livejournal.com]

I borrowed a friend's Toshiba for a few days, and the thing that struck me the most was.. OMG a volume knob! Probably the most obviously useful thing I've ever seen on any laptop.