Posted on 01/20/2015 10:09:38 AM PST by smokingfrog
I have a laptop on my desk top with a 20 “ monitor and wireless keyboard and mouse
I unplug the two 4 port USP extensions and hit the road
It’s the conversion to appliance. PCs just aren’t getting that much more exciting from 1 year to the next. This is both the hardware and software, there’s very little driving you to need the latest and greatest anymore, an 8 year old computer running 6 year old office apps will suffice for 99% of users these days. So there’s no reason to upgrade until it breaks, much like your microwave, no longer is your 4 year old computer a hunk of junk desperately needing replaced. This drops sales down, but there’s still plenty of buyers out there to support the market.
-——————an 8 year old computer ———
might die at any time
A one day old computer might die at any time. Bad things can always happen. But the point is there’s no reason anymore to replace a computer that hasn’t died, simply being a couple generations behind the curve doesn’t cut it anymore.
I'm in 'zackly the same boat as nomad...our desktop burned up just last week and we bought a new HP all in one; being a lightweight in the tech department, I took the old unit and the new HP to a local computer guy and he pulled ALL our stuff off oldie, and installed it on the new guy -- and he did "Classic Shell" -- I can hardly tell any difference; best 89 bucks I've spent in a long time.
My only remaining glitch is that I can't post pics to FR any longer until I figure out how to get photo 'properties'.....before, I'd just shade/copy the properties -- with this new unit when I go to properties I just get a little box that shows the properties, but it won't let me shade and/or copy.
Yeah, I know.
If I could just figure out the MS7 filing system, I might like it better.
Maybe I need to get the “Dummy” book for MS7, and see if that will help.
I don’t have XP anymore.
Mine is a Lenovo, is it similar?
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