Short note to thank those of you who discouraged us from getting a new PC recently. Folks like azgoddess and El Aleman.
Our new iMac arrived on Monday--our first ever computer from Apple. While I know we're still getting acquainted, I have to remark the computer so far is like something from the next Universe over, i.e., the one several light years away and Big Bang micro-nanoseconds older than us; the one that knows how to make better computers because they evolved 'em in a user-friendly Universe. No, for the iMac setup I wasn't down on my hands and knees, flashlight in mouth, banging my head multiple times on the underside of the computer desk attaching more cords and wires than a space shuttle's.
Having blogged of my tech support afternoon with AJ recently where I spent nearly three hours with someone trying to fix my e-mail program from the other side of the Earth (he didn't), I add the following anecdote:
The e-mail program we lost resulted from networking our PC's. My first call to tech support was to the router manufacturer's people. Thankfully, I wasn't with her as long as AJ because I was extremely embarrassed for her English. That's because I had to ask her to repeat everything at least twice. Sometimes that didn't even help, although she resolved some minor issues I had and recommended I call our Time Warner cable people for our e-mail problem. When I did, they recommended we call our ISP's (Earthlink) tech support. That was AJ.
Failing to solve my problem, I simply disconnected the network and everything worked fine again. But when the Mac arrived, I was anticipating the same problem when reconnecting the network. But to my surprise, the Mac didn't need any network adapter like every PC needs to join the network. That's because on the Mac it's built in. (Just like the microphone, the video camera, the speakers! No wires!) And when I downloaded our ISP's e-mail program for the Mac it worked perfectly on the network!
Oh, and by the way, our PC's e-mail doesn't work again since reinstalling the network. But that's fine now, because the iMac's does.
8 comments:
That's great good news! I really admire that you weren't afraid of change & hope it all continues smoothly. I love the idea of less cord work. Did you lose all your emails in the changeover? When we changed ISP a few months ago, we lost any email that hadn't been archived.
I really identify with not being able to understand the how-may-I-provide-you-with-excellent-service-today person. There's only so many polite ways to say, what? can you repeat that? I'm not following you. But, I'm lucky because at times like those, I simply hand to phone to EK, for who can, through some kind of strange reality-changing consciousness, understand the strangest accents (maybe by osmosis). It's a gift I wasn't born with, that's for sure.
ps, your "Pig in Slop" title must be the pc-version cuz another s-word is the only way I've ever heard it. But now that I think about it, if I was a pig, I'm sure I'd prefer slop. ~~ D.K.
I already informed the government about your computer-purchasing habits. They'll be monitoring your Mac from now on.
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pt....thanks a hell of a lot. Just when I think I've finally dodged the god-damned CIA with their endless visits, I learn my move has been revealed to those mindless minions of chickenshit cheney's.
oh, so apparently only the titles are pc (vs mac); the comments are where one would say something like:
Happy goddamnassripping twohellofafanfuckingtasticyears of sweetassburymebeforeIexplode blogging!!!
~~ G-Rated D.K.
d.k. - Hmmm, wonder why Enigma, formerly of the Watergate Summer blog, just flash through my mind?
Thanks deke, that was well put.
shit, you KNOW I meant to say "blogamuthapigfackinversy", but who the hell COULD keep up with Enigma on these fouljar words. I miss her sooo much, I may have to start my own foul jar in a bleak effort to entice her back from the ether. ~~ D.K.
damn - what fun i've seemed to have missed...and isn't it great she's back? enigma that is...big smile!
glad your mac-easy-does-it-computer-world goes well...i so love to not have to think while working online...hugs to you-all!!
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