I got my trusty laptop in 2012. I bought it then even though my previous machine was still working because Windows 8 was about to come out, and I didn’t really want any part of Windows 8, so I grabbed a Windows 7 machine before they were no longer the default.
That machine has seen me through nearly 6 years, if not exactly that much. I was planning to acquire its successor later this year, but yesterday the Tech Gods forced my hand. I went to turn on my computer and instead of the boot sequence, I heard four loud beeps, followed by the same four beeps, several times. This was a diagnostic code for a bad memory module.
I could have fixed this with new memory, but I was frankly loath to spend money to repair a six-year-old machine, so…now I’m doing initial set-up on my third laptop. After good experiences with Dell Inspiron machines the first two times, I stuck with them, getting a third yesterday. Now I am doing all kinds of updates and new installations and the like.
The only bummer part of this is that until the sudden computer failure I was on fire with my writing. FORGOTTEN STARS IV has taken nearly a year to write and at times it’s been a struggle, but now I’m in the homestretch and I had been cranking out the words as I barrel toward the finale. Alas, now I’m stuck in a holding pattern until I complete setting up this new computer.
We’ll see how I like Windows 10…I do dig the backlit keyboard, though! And I am upset that this new computer uses a different charger cord than all the other computers in the house. I’ll have to get another cord or two at some point.
Anyway, that’s where we are. Where are you?
Helping the Daughter with A.P. World History. I'm tired and have a headache.