Going Mobile
A while ago, I bought a Dell laptop as a second computer. Something that I could use to surf the web wirelessly and be able to compute outside on a nice day. In reality, I have barely used it in the few months since I purchased it. All that is now changing.
About three weeks ago I went to install updated virus software on my desktop. The program hung during the install, and the desktop started acting flaky. I wasn’t able to use certain key programs. Lesley was kind enough to give me a souped-up surplus desktop she had lying around, and the plan was to migrate over to that. No luck. The operating system wouldn’t install. So instead I decided to have my desktop fixed and upgraded to Windows XP. I let CompUSA do the work, but made an under the table deal with the tech and paid him directly in cash for a discount rate. Well, he didn’t do it right, and I still can’t use certain key programs on the desktop, not to mention XP is taking up too much space on the hard drive.
The upshot of all this? I am going to use the laptop exclusively and am in the process of migrating over. Thanks to the help of Lesley technical support, for which she is kindly not charging, I imported my e-mail profile from the desktop last night. I also transferred everything that’s in My Files except for pictures, which I’ll probably do tonight. Lastly, I am getting a port replicator from Dell so I can hook the laptop to the printer. Then I will be all mobile.