I finally broke down and bought a new computer. I've been looking for over six months, but the whole controversy over how bad the new Microsoft Vista was made me hold off. But when keys started to fly off my old computer I knew I had no choice. I had already replaced the battery when it didn't just die, but had a secret code telling me something was REALLY wrong. (The code being that the first, third and fifth lights were blinking and my computer was notifying me that I'd better do something.) I replaced the hard drive when it was making too much noise and then finally started to have problems rebooting. Yup, the keyboard was the final straw.
I braced myself for the worst getting Vista. I could have bought a computer that had XP, but at Dell in my price range it meant spending more on an older computer and that just didn't make sense. So I ordered my computer and crossed my fingers. I set aside a whole day for dealing with the problems I knew I was bound to run into moving all my files and software over to the new machine. I was convinced that at least one or all of my peripherals wouldn't work with my new machine.
... but in the end, everything worked and though I'm still struggling to learn some of the new bells and whistles everything seems pretty straightforward. So was it all just hype?
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