Moving into a new computer is like moving into a new house or apartment. It's nice, and new, but you're gonna buy new stuff, lose some things, and want to have the old stuff hanging in the same place. And lots of memories.
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OK, I’m kidding. 😊 yes I totally get it. I find that’s difficult. I always end up with leftover files and things to sort through that never end up getting done.
Which is why you also keep the old computer (at least for a while) as the equivalent of a musty but quaint vacation home for when the new one still has some kinks to overcome
I keep so much in the Cloud now, moving to a new machine is far easier. Signing into Google on Chrome, Lastpass and a few other things pretty much covers it.
The only thing worse is having a new computer and installing a backup from two computers back, because I never backed up the previous one. More than some things are lost 😀
I bought new home workstation summer '23.
- Removed Win-11 Pro. Installed Win-10 Pro.
- Disabled Windows update. No updates since July 23.
- Disabled all services I don't need. After clean boot (see task manager):
-- 40 background processes
-- 70 Windows processes
-- about 5% memory use, tot 64 GB
I don't game. Ever.
Simply want PC to run my software without me having to fuss with the operating system.
Win-10 Pro is a mature, very stable and configurable OS. I understand it well. Used it since release.
Don't run anything fancy:
- Chrome
- older, standalone Word + Excel
- high end photo edit
You mean data? I have continuously copied partitions from one hard drive to the next since my 486SX Gateway 2000 in 1993, like a sourdough starter. Those WP5.1 files are on my main drive right now, ready to go.
I really miss WP. Just spent the weekend copying old HDs, CD/DVD backups, and even a few floppy disks of the “Leftover files” folder from every system upgrade to one HD so I can finally go through it all.
The list started with “Heathkit H89” and had 29 known former personal computers on it.
I still have files I have to fix because I have them from back before extensions mattered. So, like, a letter of recommendation I wrote in 1989 is "Letter.rec" and I am going to paddle out to sea on an ice flow now
I finally realized that I didn't need to keep all of my stuff, including *cough* War College files, Harvard files, my tax returns from 15 years ago...
But now I feel both liberated and old.
You can’t just put it on OneDrive? That’s been a lifesaver. I dropped and broke a laptop in 2015. Files were in OneDrive so I just logged in on the replacement and there they were (I think it was “SkyDrive” back then).
I hate Microsoft trying to take over the world - we have a small work domain network - the constant badering of sign up for a ussoft account now for teams or whatever is just painful.
And you promise yourself that you'll take good care of it and not download from websites, you'll run backups regularly, you'll never eat near it and get crumbs on the keyboard........
I’ve taken the leap and put all faith in OneDrive. It even syncs pretty well between Windows and Mac. So you just sign in from the new computer and you’re good!
... or you can store everything in the cloud and use a package manager with scripts, and it'll feel like you're living out of your suitcase at a hotel.
And then, after the move is complete, you learn that your chip has known issues, you experience blue screen errors, and every other month you get a BIOS update that should fix it for real this time…
Nothing makes me want to fling a device across the room more than any Apple product. A simple process on Android or PC takes an hour of YouTube videos to figure out.
MACs are not intuitive to me. Have disliked them since the first apple computer. Back in the dark ages, I was tasked with making technical documents compatible with Apple's version of Word. It was a very manual operation in those days. I am Android and Windows all the way.
The thing I like most about Macs is their rapid adoption of good mouse technology, like the ability to right click, or moving the pesky cord from the bottom to literally anywhere else.
My daughter wanted a laptop to play games on for Christmas so we got her a cheap windows laptop (she's 8) and holy f**k is it a total pain in the ass setting up. Just a mess. Mac for life...
LOL..I am an old Unix guy. You can imagine what I run. I have worked on Mac OS 10 and before. Microsoft going back to Dos n.?? and loaded windows 3.1.1 over Dos before it was bundled. Run what makes you happy and productive. Nice machine by the way. A little jealous, but I am not a gamer.
I was a civilian contractor for software & hardware in my first years in Newport RI. Started when we were transitioning from analog to digital. 1st woman, actually to be a test engineer in the labs. (I immediately recruited 2 more women friends as we expanded the positions.) Had the best time.
Easy, logical, and fun, until you want to do anything that's even a little bit different to whatever the "Ghost of Steve Jobs" want you to do. That, the cost, and the forced obsolencence of perfectly good hardware keeps me well away from Apple (apart from an iPad Pro I really like).
Exactly this. Macs work great, if you work the way they want you to, but there's very little wiggle room there. I remember having to use weird command-line voodoo to do something as basic as pin the Dock on the side of the screen in early OS X.
Not trying to be snarky.
I have taught K-12 (students, custodians, administrators, superintendents, and beyond), and spent may hours in an assisted living facility teaching the elderly residents how to use the Macs and PCs in their activity room.
We spent Sunday naming cords and if we still have what it goes to. I had a bottom drawer full of chargers and cords. Most went to electrical recycle can. We all pledge to do a better job with them and not stuff in drawer. Yea right😆
I've had a new computer sitting here by my desk since last Sept. I have this one clipped together and duck taped. I hate change. (what happens when one gets old) I've never upgraded this "held together for months computer" to Windows 11 or whatever it is now. Change. and all that it requires of me.
Nichols got another 20k+ gaming supercomputer while the rest of us Neanderthals are freezing counting on our abicus/abici. …..Kidding, kidding… Love you Tom and your super machines, lol. Please save us from Musk’s brand of Skynet.
New pc last summer, backups in the clouds so was pretty smooth EXCEPT 1 little puzzle game that I play to relieve stress. Somehow it was never backed up. Went nuts until I was finally able to pull it off the old HD. Now it's on 3 flash drives and in the cloud. Never again.
If your computer is connected to various corporate apps and networks, getting them hooked up is like waiting on internet, TV source, electricity and gas and getting your mail transferred. Sometimes just as frustrating and fraught with delays.
Even the slight physical differences on a new computer, compared to the old one, can make things awkward. I felt like I had never played the same online game I had played for years previously, as I fumbled with the “W,A,S,D” keys. I finger banged the keyboard so bad that I apologized to my mates.
This is the time to harden your online life against threats. There are different paths to take based on the choice of windows, Mac or Linux. If you focus on security now, the next few years will be easier.
Until you step into an even newer house and when you get back into your own house you notice he lights don't come on quite as fast, the fridge doesn't hold as much, and something is sticky.
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HOW IS LILY WITH ALL THIS 😏😻😎🤗
I remote desktop to my old system.
I recommend Get Pocket if you're not using it.
- Removed Win-11 Pro. Installed Win-10 Pro.
- Disabled Windows update. No updates since July 23.
- Disabled all services I don't need. After clean boot (see task manager):
-- 40 background processes
-- 70 Windows processes
-- about 5% memory use, tot 64 GB
Simply want PC to run my software without me having to fuss with the operating system.
Win-10 Pro is a mature, very stable and configurable OS. I understand it well. Used it since release.
Don't run anything fancy:
- Chrome
- older, standalone Word + Excel
- high end photo edit
The list started with “Heathkit H89” and had 29 known former personal computers on it.
But now I feel both liberated and old.
I've always nuked and started over fresh.
Smith: No lieutenant your files are already dead (corrupted).
Everything is easy, logical, and fun.
You can even choose to bring everything from your former device onto your new one, if you want.
I have used PCs, Chromebooks, taught computer science and some rudimentary programming, even used DOS at the beginning...
Nothing beats a Mac.
/j
Just work better, updates are free and everything on phone magically appears on my laptop. Brilliant
(Were you a submariner?)
The first Macs were 32-bit too.... but not until the early 80s.
I've never been on a submarine.
But did read The Hunt for Red October!
😊
And impressive. 😊
Kudos!
😊
And you're right...
Run what makes you happy. Productivity is a bonus.
😊
Not trying to be snarky.
I have taught K-12 (students, custodians, administrators, superintendents, and beyond), and spent may hours in an assisted living facility teaching the elderly residents how to use the Macs and PCs in their activity room.
PC forever!
No apologies needed.
At least, that's what it looks like.
Until you step into an even newer house and when you get back into your own house you notice he lights don't come on quite as fast, the fridge doesn't hold as much, and something is sticky.