Well, I'm finally back, and it was two and a half frigging weeks of me trying to fix my computer only to find out that I couldn't. It would have been longer but my mom insisted on buying me a new computer, so now I'm back, but I'll be feeling guilty all the time.
It's not a bad computer, and I know I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth (whatever that means), but man, I wish she let me pick it out. Or even better, just bought me a new motherboard, which would have fixed my old computer. Because this new thing...it has Windows 8. And it's not good. Like, beyond not good. Like, it soars beyond bad, worse, and worst, beyond evil, beyond the edge of the universe to find new levels of not good.
At least I can write again. But it's at a heavy price.
Sorry, still no posts this week as I'm catching up on a backlog of stuff I wasn't able to get to. I will be back to Twitter and commenting on your blogs though, thank goodness. Then maybe next week I can get back to my regular schedule and put this whole mess beyond me. Except for the painful scar of having Windows 8 on my computer. That, unfortunately, is permanent.
Seriously. Terrible.
Sorry you're stuck with Windows 8. Yes, it does suck. 8.1 is a little better, but not much.
ReplyDeleteThe last time I needed a new laptop, it came with the first version of Windows 8. (Which was even worse than the current version, I hear.) My husband wiped out the hard drive and reformatted it before giving it to me. He knew I would have freaked out.
ReplyDeleteHe tells me the new version allows you to get into the settings and restore (partially) the look of previous versions, but he agrees with you. It still sucks.
LOL. My last laptop had 8. My sympathies.
ReplyDeleteHaven't need to update beyond 7, and won't be upgrading based on what I've heard about it.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you back regardless! :)
Don't listen to Alex. 8.1 is just as bad as 8. In fact, 8.1 is worse in some ways.
ReplyDeleteI've heard if you get a touch screen, though, that Win 8 is actually really good.
Yeah, I don't have one either.
What a headache to deal with!
ReplyDeleteYea for the new computer. Sorry about Windows 8. I know nothing of Windows 8, so I'll take your word for it being awful.
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ReplyDeleteYou're back! Awesome. Even if it's on crappy Windblowz 8. Like David, I've had 7 for years and so far.... it's still hanging in there. Though I recently bought an external hard drive for back ups....you never know. I need to get on twitter a bit more. But that place scares me. It's all BUY MY BOOK NOW OR YOU WILL BURN IN HELL! and it takes me forever to find tweets that are actually funny/interesting.... I think I may need to make more lists...... I'm such a twitter noob.
ReplyDeleteI lucked out and got 7 a few years ago when I got mine. I hope it holds out until they move past 8, or I might just switch to Mac. ;)
ReplyDeleteIWSG #143 until Alex culls the list again.
At least you have a computer again, even if it is running software you don't like. I've been a Mac girl for so long now, I have no idea what Windows 8 might even look like….
ReplyDeleteWelcome back. My last computer crashed, so I'm on 8 too. I've been using Windows 8 for about a month and I'm now used to it. I pinned all my most-used software programs, because I can't stand the start page.
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