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hsapiens
15 December 2009 @ 01:37 am
Yatta!  
I have a new computer! (Well, a new CPU.) It runs Windows 7 -- and I'm favorably impressed. It's well-designed, it runs ALL of my favorite freeware downloads, it runs the 32-bit software I already own, and it runs all of my hardware of varying ages. Sad that this is a surprise but I'm grateful nonetheless. If I can just figure out how to make Windows Explorer show me the file extensions, I'll be a happy camper. (I'm sure I'll get used to the loss of menus in various applications but I'm slow at adapting to this particular change.)

I cannot say the same for Word 2007. What in the world did they do the menus? More importantly -- WHY?!? It took me far too long to figure out how to find, "Save As..."

In a perfect world, I'd have purchased a 27" iMac, a brand new license of Photoshop CS4 for Mac for it, and had two huge monitors. (I dream of having all the Photoshop palettes on one screen and my graphic on another.) Alas, money was the determining factor so I chose to go with a Windows box. I'm not unhappy, though, as my new toy is zippy and works with my very nice quality speakers, my printer, my monitor, my array of external hard drives, and my iPod.
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superbadgirl[personal profile] superbadgirl on December 15th, 2009 04:46 pm (UTC)
1) congrats
2) ITA about Word 2007. I hate the whole suite - it doesn't make any sort of sense. It always, always takes me forever to find applications I use all the time (you'd think I'd remember where they were since I use them often, but no - every time I go on a search and rescue mission), and lord help me if I forget to save something as compatible with 97-2003.
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on December 15th, 2009 05:46 pm (UTC)
1) thank you. :) This was totally my gift to me this year. I'll be eating a lot of beans and rice and soup as a result but I think it's completely worth it.

2) I'm reassured to see I'm not the only one -- by far -- having these issues. I always worry that I'm too curmudgeonly or that I'm getting too old to adapt to new tech. I don't want to be the modern version of the person afraid to touch a computer lest it explode.

I've been trying to figure out what programs I have with this trial version of Office so that I can try it all out and figure out what I really need when the time comes to spend more money -- and I'll be damned if I can *find* the applications. It's crypto-Office.

I wanted to simplify my life and just purchase a straight forward bundle. Looks as if I'm going to either purchase an Office 2003 off of eBay or I'm going to resort to my pastiche of software: Office 2000 + upgrade for Word 2003 + upgrade for Access. I'll continue using Word for a bit and see if I can get myself used to the program but my first reaction is one of horror.