Laptops: The Cottage of Blog
The Cottage of Blog
Good morning. I seem to be back on somewhat of a routine. I get up at 5:30 and blog. That's my early morning thing while I have breakfast (juice, oatmeal with dates, raisins and nuts and coffee.)
So the topic for the morning is: laptops. Which one is best?
One gets advice. Of course. What else would you do if you knew nothing about computers. (well, maybe something. I'm blogging this to you)
Let me tell you the concensus. There is none.
My school computer techie tells me get an Apple. No viruses (get but not many compatible software programs either--or am I out of date?) My brother tells me, Acer 4060-cetrino technology for longer battery life, 512 mb and at least 60-80 storage cabability. Yeah. I can get along with the specs. But not the 6 pounds. Plus, I couldn't bring it up on their website and haven't seen one anywhere. Then, the son of a friend, whose business is computers says, "Get a Dell. Don't bother with anything else." Okay--well, I have a Dell. They do have great computer support, but who wants to need it in the first place? Okay, so my Dell is a Dimension 6200 series (or something like that. I don't feel like bending down and looking) I just upgraded the poor thing's memory. I now have 512 instead of 256. Lesson learned. For the new programs today, the standards are moving from less to more. Okay. I'll keep that in mind.
I've heard stay away from HP. One lady even said they have a propensity for overheating. (Yeah? So do I. Especially when I think about computers.) I've been steered away from Gateway (Poor Bill. there was a time--well several years ago one of my friends swore by hers. Or was that at hers? I can't remember. See that? I need to upgrade my memoriy.)
Writing: Well, I've put all my sections into one nice neat little 94 page manuscript. We're now up to about 30,000 words. About a quarter of the way, if I'm aiming at 80,000. Maybe I should stick to single title romantic suspense and go all the way towards 100,000.
INtrigue requires 75,000, Intimate Moments 80,000 and each has a slightly different slant/slightly different voice. I'm still searching for mine. I appear to be novel-hoarse.
But, I am getting ideas as I go along. Thinking about threads (kind of like needle and thread) to reinforce my themes.
So, I'm going to do a a bit of something before I head off for school.
Happy reading, writing and revising from
The Cottage of Blog
Pat
Good morning. I seem to be back on somewhat of a routine. I get up at 5:30 and blog. That's my early morning thing while I have breakfast (juice, oatmeal with dates, raisins and nuts and coffee.)
So the topic for the morning is: laptops. Which one is best?
One gets advice. Of course. What else would you do if you knew nothing about computers. (well, maybe something. I'm blogging this to you)
Let me tell you the concensus. There is none.
My school computer techie tells me get an Apple. No viruses (get but not many compatible software programs either--or am I out of date?) My brother tells me, Acer 4060-cetrino technology for longer battery life, 512 mb and at least 60-80 storage cabability. Yeah. I can get along with the specs. But not the 6 pounds. Plus, I couldn't bring it up on their website and haven't seen one anywhere. Then, the son of a friend, whose business is computers says, "Get a Dell. Don't bother with anything else." Okay--well, I have a Dell. They do have great computer support, but who wants to need it in the first place? Okay, so my Dell is a Dimension 6200 series (or something like that. I don't feel like bending down and looking) I just upgraded the poor thing's memory. I now have 512 instead of 256. Lesson learned. For the new programs today, the standards are moving from less to more. Okay. I'll keep that in mind.
I've heard stay away from HP. One lady even said they have a propensity for overheating. (Yeah? So do I. Especially when I think about computers.) I've been steered away from Gateway (Poor Bill. there was a time--well several years ago one of my friends swore by hers. Or was that at hers? I can't remember. See that? I need to upgrade my memoriy.)
Writing: Well, I've put all my sections into one nice neat little 94 page manuscript. We're now up to about 30,000 words. About a quarter of the way, if I'm aiming at 80,000. Maybe I should stick to single title romantic suspense and go all the way towards 100,000.
INtrigue requires 75,000, Intimate Moments 80,000 and each has a slightly different slant/slightly different voice. I'm still searching for mine. I appear to be novel-hoarse.
But, I am getting ideas as I go along. Thinking about threads (kind of like needle and thread) to reinforce my themes.
So, I'm going to do a a bit of something before I head off for school.
Happy reading, writing and revising from
The Cottage of Blog
Pat
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1 Comments:
My sister and I both have Toshibas. While I love it, I've used the extended warranty several times (minor things, like the fan, the adapter cord, etc. but it's a pain to be without a computer for 2-4 weeks a shot). Mine's a little heavy, too, but I don't have to carry it long distances. My commute is downstairs. :-)
My husband has a Dell. It's worked fine, probably better than mine. Maybe I'm just biased, but I still like mine better. Mine runs faster, connects to the internet faster, and just seems "sharper" if that makes sense. Of course, it could be just a difference in processor speeds. I went mid-line on price when I purchased his computer.
Whatever you end up getting, I would recommend the extended warranty if you can afford it. We didn't purchase it on DH's computer, and I worry about how long it'll last. He uses his much less than me and doesn't carry it around as much, so hopefully it'll last.
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