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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Roger Kettle on August 26, 2016, 08:38:28 PM
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Because of built-in obsolescence, my old laptop died. It was 5 years old. Dear Lord, I still wear jumpers 8 times as old as that. The new one that I'm currently typing on is very annoying. (Laptop, not jumper). The wee arrow wotsit tends to jump around so I end up clicking on things that I hadn't intended to. Thankfully, my son was visiting at the time and was around to take control of the transition. At one stage, he was starting up my new laptop, re-installing previous data, talking to me and, via his phone, working out the local possibilities of getting paid for having the old set-up collected. While he was doing all this, I looked on with my mouth open and sort of drooled.
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Laptops actually never get obsolete: it's just that the rest of the world moves on and becomes more advanced. You ought to install Linux on your old laptop: it's faster, leaner, free and open source. Your son ought to be able to install Linux while beating you at chess.
And often you find that people's use of the word 'died' merely means 'needs reinstalling'.
Is the new laptop Windows 10?
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Yes.
Forgive the brevity of the answer. I'm watching "The Blues Brothers" at the moment. Great film. Great music.
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Ah yes, the film that included 'cocaine' in its budget.
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One of the greatest films ever. My favourite line (probably because of its delivery), is "How ya gonna eat corn on the cob with no f****n teeth?"...cracks me up every time.
I still play the soundtrack in the car.
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So what make is your new laptop, Roger?
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ASUS.
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ASUS.
Bless you
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I'd have thought you'd have gone for a stylish touchscreen HP.
Does the ASUS have a solid-state hard drive?
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It has a keyboard, a screen and that annoying wee arrow that keeps jumping around.
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You can download some freeware that puts a sheepdog on your screen that runs after the 'wee arrow thing' and rounds it up if it gets too carried away.
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ASUS.
Bless you
;D ;D ;D