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The End of a Beautiful Friendship |
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| My computer and I were having a battle of wits and I was losing. For | ||
| several weeks my ancient Compaq was slowing down. At times it fell asleep | ||
| and refused to wake up. Finally I was so frustrated that I decided to restore the | ||
| whole thing. Everything important was already saved to discs, since reviving | ||
| the computer got more difficult from day to day. With trembling fingers I | ||
| clicked the button that says 'yes I want to restore the darn thing even though | ||
| important information may be lost forever'. After two days my computer was | ||
| up and running again. It took another day to realize how many programs were | ||
| still missing. | ||
| "Well, it's like having a brand new computer," Ray said after we | ||
| installed the last program, "Like starting from scratch." It was working great | ||
| and I was pleased to have at last outwitted my computer. Unfortunately I | ||
| failed to recognize that the slight hum I heard was my computer snickering. | ||
| The next morning I had the same problem--programs not responding, computer | ||
| freezing, scroll-bar not scrolling. Ray figured there might be something | ||
| wrong with my mouse. So I borrowed a mouse from another computer and, for | ||
| a day at least, it seemed to solve the problem. | ||
| Now my Compaq computer had a KDS monitor, a Packard Bell keyboard and | ||
| a Logitech mouse. The only thing missing when I booted up my computer this | ||
| morning was a display driver. The icons were huge, my colors distorted and | ||
| pictures looked like negatives. Everything went haywire. What is a girl to do | ||
| except restart the computer, curse a little, try to find a new driver, | ||
| say a little prayer, re-boot again and again until finally the computer | ||
| cries mercy and brings back the desktop that I have come to know and love. | ||
| I know I need a new computer. In computer years my Compaq must be well | ||
| past retirement age. Together we've gone through the Chernobyl Virus, many | ||
| worms, a few Trojans and at least four total restores. But am I ready to call off | ||
| this love-hate relationship with an old and familiar buddy? Am I ready to get | ||
| acquainted with new technology and ultra modern devices? My palms get | ||
| sweaty and my heart races every time I look at computer ads. Just how much | ||
| RAM is enough to satisfy someone as inexperienced as I? In the meantime | ||
| I better take advantage of my old friend while it is still awake. I may not be | ||
| able to rouse it from sleep mode next time. | ||
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