Well, as you read already, I bought a new laptop. The old one was getting pretty threadbare. CD drive no longer functions, battery lasts about long enough to boot up and shut down with about five minutes in between, USB jacks that are getting flaky, hard drive so full that everything is bogging down, and on and on. You know the drill. After several days wasted trying to burn files on a USB CD drive so I could delete them and make space on the hard drive, I figured it was time.

The new computer came with Vista Home Premium. Not by my choice, but that’s the only choice it came with. After a few days with it, I’m still getting used to it, but I can live with it. Continue Reading…