But there WERE problems. The first was, I didn't want the computer this company wanted to sell me (a Dell). So I went to Best Buy and the salesman sold (suckered?) me on buying an Acer. Hey, I have an Acer monitor and it had treated me well, but the thing never worked well--and the computer courses the "retraining" company offered came with FLOPPY DISCS and I ended up losing hundreds of dollars paying taxes, etc., useless training materials, and a bummer of a computer, so the whole thing was a big debacle.
The Acer had a crappy keyboard (flat--not unlike the keyboard that came with my iMac, which is why I don't use IT more often), but worse than that, the stupid thing had a cursor problem. I'll be typing along and the next thing I know the cursor is several lines above where it should be, typing along in what I've already written. This is not a good thing when your job is writing.
Back in May, I saw my friend Leann Sweeney's Sony computer. I liked the keyboard. She loves the thing (after having a lemon of a Dell that never worked right from day one), and let me try it out. Since then, I've been back to Best Buy twice and tested it. I decided that when the October Royalty Check comes, I'm going to get a Sony of my owny.
Not a week ago, the Acer developed a new problem. It had never before had a screen saver, but now, suddenly, it did. And the screen saver is a commercial FOR A NEW ACER COMPUTER.
It knows its time is just about up, and it wants to be replaced by a brother Acer computer.
Uh-uh! No way no how. But man, is it creepy to have this commercial playing every time I walk away from the computer.
What weirdness has visited you lately?
Sorry kiddo,
ReplyDeleteI used to sell Acer desk top computers back in the dinosaur age and they also had problems. The latest reports from industry rags say the Acer is a waste of money. I also need a lap top and am looking at either that Sony or an HP. I hope your new machine never gives you a lick of problems.
I have a 10 year old Dell that works very well; never actually had a problem with it except that every time I've put new hardware or new software on it, it took me at least 2 days to get it working right. However, I think that's simply a case of garbage-in-garbage-out since I'm sort of a computer klutz. It comes from being born waaaaay before computers. Anyway, when I can afford a new one, it'll be a Dell.
ReplyDeleteH'mm ... interesting scenario your Acer came up with. And they say AIs don't really exist. Ha!
ReplyDeleteI have an older computer, a kind of HP-Compaq hybrid. (As it says right on the front of it -- XP Media Center Edition 2005 -- so it's 5 years old. OK, it's not the newest or the brightest, but I've loved it for 5 years. I much prefer the XP operating system to the Windows 7 or whatever the MS biggies are trying to foist off on us. I had an Acer (once upon a time) and didn't have any problems with it & I really loved the Dell I had at work as well as my Dell laptop. Guess it just depends -- some are good, some aren't.
All the best on your new computer -- I want you to be comfortable, it to be reliable, and hope it helps you write, write, WRITE!!! :-)