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Nov. 9th, 2008 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I've always tried to be evenhanded about computers, operating systems and other software. I have things I prefer, and I know who manufactures/programs them and I patronize those companies. I'm a bit of an Apple loyalist, and I know that no small part of that is my comfort with the interface and OS. I like the styling, but I'm more a fan of my systems' relative stability.
My wife is more used to Windows systems, so that's what we got for her. By the time we were shopping, all the new laptops came with Vista. She was not a fan, but the OS downgrade was outside my IT comfort zone and it wasn't so annoying that she was willing to take it in for the switch. Gradually she got used to the randomly-rearranged features.
With the pregnancy came the impetus to occasionally work from home. Her work has a VPN system by which one may work at home in some cases, so she signed up. After two frustrating days of struggling to install the software she got on the phone with IT.
You can see this coming, right?
"Wait, you have Vista? Won't work with Vista."
Thanks, Gates.
My wife is more used to Windows systems, so that's what we got for her. By the time we were shopping, all the new laptops came with Vista. She was not a fan, but the OS downgrade was outside my IT comfort zone and it wasn't so annoying that she was willing to take it in for the switch. Gradually she got used to the randomly-rearranged features.
With the pregnancy came the impetus to occasionally work from home. Her work has a VPN system by which one may work at home in some cases, so she signed up. After two frustrating days of struggling to install the software she got on the phone with IT.
You can see this coming, right?
"Wait, you have Vista? Won't work with Vista."
Thanks, Gates.
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Date: 2008-11-11 03:51 am (UTC)Ballmer can bite my shiny metal ass.
Date: 2008-11-11 05:40 am (UTC)Developers, developers, developers, developers, my ass.
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Date: 2008-11-11 05:43 am (UTC)Had I to do it again (and knew what was coming) I'd likely buy two cheaper lenses and a Wii Fit.
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