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!
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Agreed, G3, G4, MBPros...I had a 2008 17" MBP I've loved, so got a refurbished 2011 17" MBP two years ago. (They discontinued the 17" laptop.) But there's only so much one can do to update it so bought a blazing 15" MBP mid-cycle, according to MacRumor.com. I'm completely outclassed by it, but what the heck. I should be able to update its O/S for years!I hope not to gnash teeth for 12 months or so. Or rather, for four to five years. Retina display is amazing. I watch movies etc. streaming online and cannot wait. I have loved Apples since the first laptop, which had less capacity than a smart phone today. Ha. Heck, the one I'm getting may have the same capacity as the old Smith mainframe in 1981. Amazing.
Hope you have wonderful holidays, Lady Wesley! (I'll be grumbling over my new computer, probably. Or watching "Elf" yet again. Always cracks me up for some reason.)
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I've owned Mac products for more than twenty years and loved them. In fact, I replaced my eight-year-old MacBook Pro just yesterday, and I feel like I'm flying jets. So welcome to the world of iCloud, Dropbox, terabytes.