At least, that's how it feels to me. I got home on Friday evening, turned on the computer and watched it crash. Not good. Ring friendly computer guy and arrange to deliver the hard drive to my father's office so that he can pick it up. Arrive to find office full of Polish guys laying carpet tiles. Ah, that lovely new carpet smell...
Ring Al (the computer guy) on Sunday. Arrange to collect base unit, complete with brand new hard drive which means... all of my documents are lost, pending retrieval (hopefully) from old hard drive. No Microsoft Office (do I have the original CD-ROM or was it pre-loaded?), need to reload AOL (and how do I do that?). Other than that, no problem...
Collect base unit, share a drink or two with Al, carpet layers still there, carpet looks nice though... bring it home, turn it on, alright so far. Load AOL. Can I connect up the modem? No. At least it plays music again...
And so I am anchored to my work computer temporarily. Normal service will be resumed... eventually...
Mark,
ReplyDeleteperhaps now is the right time to buy a Mac,
no viruses, trojan horses, worms.
If you really want the PC experience, you can pull the mains cable out of the wall just before you safe the document you're working on.
Increase productivity, impress your new girlfriend,
get a Mac!