Things are very slowly coming together with the new system.
The hardware seems to be solid though part of me regrets an 'onboard' solution for my computer's sound. Windows 7 (I've got 64 bit Home Premium flavor) is taking me a bit longer to get used to and one of the scanning features from my network printer doesn't seem to want to talk to the computer -- despite the updated 64 bit drivers to permit me to do so. But hey... it's a printer and it printers just fine. Thankfully, the printer also has a USB port so if I'm eager to scan a stack of documents to PDF, I can do it by loading it on to a flash drive. A simple work around though I would prefer things to be one step closer. ;)
The OS itself is taking some getting used to. It's weird to say but Windows 7 (I skipped the whole Vista thing) seemed so counter-intuitive for me. Many people rave about the new version and some of those people are not computer-literate. Maybe that's the problem. I am so used to doing thing the 'old way' that I spent the first few hours cursing up a storm as I faced the surprises and horrors that Windows 7 had in store for me.
It's been a work in progress though one piece of software installation later forced me to resort to a System Restore Point as it inexplicably screwed my network settings to a point they couldn't just be 'undone' or reset to default. Sort of a one step forward to steps back I guess. ;)
That said, I have a lot to be thankful for and I am eager to do some proper work on this rig in the coming days ahead.
The dungeons and perils of editing await me!
Until such time I have something a bit more worthwhile to post (probably another few days), I will throw up a couple older reviews I had written up. Re-reading some of the material has me thinking that I really want to write a few more for the blog... Some new stuff naturally as well as some old classics that keep on getting mentioned.
Thanks for reading!
M
The hardware seems to be solid though part of me regrets an 'onboard' solution for my computer's sound. Windows 7 (I've got 64 bit Home Premium flavor) is taking me a bit longer to get used to and one of the scanning features from my network printer doesn't seem to want to talk to the computer -- despite the updated 64 bit drivers to permit me to do so. But hey... it's a printer and it printers just fine. Thankfully, the printer also has a USB port so if I'm eager to scan a stack of documents to PDF, I can do it by loading it on to a flash drive. A simple work around though I would prefer things to be one step closer. ;)
The OS itself is taking some getting used to. It's weird to say but Windows 7 (I skipped the whole Vista thing) seemed so counter-intuitive for me. Many people rave about the new version and some of those people are not computer-literate. Maybe that's the problem. I am so used to doing thing the 'old way' that I spent the first few hours cursing up a storm as I faced the surprises and horrors that Windows 7 had in store for me.
It's been a work in progress though one piece of software installation later forced me to resort to a System Restore Point as it inexplicably screwed my network settings to a point they couldn't just be 'undone' or reset to default. Sort of a one step forward to steps back I guess. ;)
That said, I have a lot to be thankful for and I am eager to do some proper work on this rig in the coming days ahead.
The dungeons and perils of editing await me!
Until such time I have something a bit more worthwhile to post (probably another few days), I will throw up a couple older reviews I had written up. Re-reading some of the material has me thinking that I really want to write a few more for the blog... Some new stuff naturally as well as some old classics that keep on getting mentioned.
Thanks for reading!
M
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