Miranda Davis's Blog: So the thing is - Posts Tagged "computer-buying-hell"
I finally did it and got a brand spanking new MacBook, god help me and my peripherals
Time to face facts: I am an analog gal in a digital world.
Not that I'm complaining. Even a troglodyte can appreciate the blessing of self-publishing, if she cannot quite accomplish it without much sweat, knuckle-dragging and gnashing of teeth.
But why is buying a computer SUCH an ordeal? I bought a CAR faster and with less anxiety! (The combustion engine's been around for a century or so, guess I've made my peace with it.)
First issue, when to buy a computer. Being cheap by nature, I hate finally taking the plunge only to discover a month later the bigger, faster, crisper thingy is the price I'd paid for the now-meager, malingering and fuzzy-looking one. I stumbled onto MacRumor.com. That helped, in that they didn't say, "Don't even think about buying that now" about the one I was thinking about buying. In fact, I stumbled onto a deal on a nifty one, or at least, I think I did. But what the hell do I know?
Which brings me to the whole headache of what to buy.
I am not, as mentioned, tech savvy. Tech-resentful, yes; savvy, no. I do not speak to Siri. I do not play online post-apocalyptic video games requiring a Cray mainframe's worth of random access memory. I may have used computers since the days before word processing programs--yes, really--but I walked barefoot to classes in the snow, too. (Wrote my senior thesis on the college mainframe, torturing my advisor with a dot-matrix print out of a long, continuous accordian-folded feed of my thoughts on something old and Chinese-y.) I only get gushy about software and apps, Scrivener being every aspiriring writer's best friend (Literature and Latte.com).
However, I've been a Luddite long enough. Even though I don't trust 'em, it's time to accept a terabyte of flash storage and 16GBs of RAM, damn it. Maybe, I'll even dip a toe in that newfangled iCloud or stow something in a drop box.
Then again, maybe not. No need to overdo it. Getting the new computer to talk to the printer without leaving my older computers out in the cold will be challenge enough.
Wish me luck.
And I'll wish you a merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy new year and very happy reading!
Not that I'm complaining. Even a troglodyte can appreciate the blessing of self-publishing, if she cannot quite accomplish it without much sweat, knuckle-dragging and gnashing of teeth.
But why is buying a computer SUCH an ordeal? I bought a CAR faster and with less anxiety! (The combustion engine's been around for a century or so, guess I've made my peace with it.)
First issue, when to buy a computer. Being cheap by nature, I hate finally taking the plunge only to discover a month later the bigger, faster, crisper thingy is the price I'd paid for the now-meager, malingering and fuzzy-looking one. I stumbled onto MacRumor.com. That helped, in that they didn't say, "Don't even think about buying that now" about the one I was thinking about buying. In fact, I stumbled onto a deal on a nifty one, or at least, I think I did. But what the hell do I know?
Which brings me to the whole headache of what to buy.
I am not, as mentioned, tech savvy. Tech-resentful, yes; savvy, no. I do not speak to Siri. I do not play online post-apocalyptic video games requiring a Cray mainframe's worth of random access memory. I may have used computers since the days before word processing programs--yes, really--but I walked barefoot to classes in the snow, too. (Wrote my senior thesis on the college mainframe, torturing my advisor with a dot-matrix print out of a long, continuous accordian-folded feed of my thoughts on something old and Chinese-y.) I only get gushy about software and apps, Scrivener being every aspiriring writer's best friend (Literature and Latte.com).
However, I've been a Luddite long enough. Even though I don't trust 'em, it's time to accept a terabyte of flash storage and 16GBs of RAM, damn it. Maybe, I'll even dip a toe in that newfangled iCloud or stow something in a drop box.
Then again, maybe not. No need to overdo it. Getting the new computer to talk to the printer without leaving my older computers out in the cold will be challenge enough.
Wish me luck.
And I'll wish you a merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy new year and very happy reading!
So the thing is
Every so often author Miranda Davis will get a little something off her chest. She's not a ranter, don't worry. Just wants to discuss reading and writing and what not.
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