Well, I thought the notebook was all better last night (it worked for several hours after I did a reinstall of WIndows XP). But then it shut down again.
So today, after visiting a customer, I went to Best Buy and bought myself a new computer. Oooo boy is it sweet.
I'm still going to get my notebook fixed, I still plan on using it for e-mail and other fun stuff, but the new computer will be more dedicated to the business. Maybe....it will do a lot of fun tricks.
I justified this by the fact that after this book is finished, my next project is a DVD, and I'll "need" the capabilities that this will one will provide.
This one does have Vista on it, and I was a little worried about the version of CorelDraw I'm using, but so far, so good -- it seems to be doing what it is supposed to. It also has a 19 inch widescreen monitor, so WOW. I could see my drawings really good before -- but now! LOL
The new computer is a Hewlett Packard Media Center PC with 2GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive. Wireless keyboard and mouse. Did I mention the 19 inch monitor?
Yes, I'm a geek. But that's part of why you all like me, right? LOL
Back to drawing and editing!
A new toy!!! Oh, what fun!!!
Posted by: Dianne | March 16, 2007 at 04:05 AM
Woah! You are a geek! I just bought a new PC too - it's light weight. That's the only real technical spec that I cared about! LOL! It also as Vista - it's different but I think it's going to be OK.
Posted by: Vicki W | March 16, 2007 at 05:50 AM
Congratulations!
I too am a geek, I build my own computers and last year all three died within a month of each other. I built the three 8 years ago and they needed upgrading. I am looking for a laptop but not sure about Vista working with all my older printers and software.
Posted by: debbi | March 16, 2007 at 12:51 PM