Okay, so I've been missing in action all this week.
And I can explain.
My computer broke on Tuesday. Just as I was sitting down in my studio to work on a pet portrait using my computer to see the true colors in the images I was working on, my favorite computer ever-- my little pink Dell-- fell off the table and onto Murphy's little dog bed beneath. (Yes, my little Murphy is so spoiled that he has his own bed in my studio... Luckily he wasn't in it when this happened.) Well, since it didn't fall that far, I thought nothing would be wrong.
Not the case...
When I tried to turn little pinky on, it said "no hard drive detected."
Oh no... I just replaced the hard drive in this computer about 6 months ago when it died of old age.
I took my poor little old computer to Best Buy so the Geek Squad could give me a diagnosis, and I was hoping against hope that it was just knocked out of place. No such luck for me though. It hit the floor juuuuuust right so that the hard drive shattered, broke, or whatever happens when they die. Crap...
I came home to discuss it with Kent. I didn't know whether I should dump more money into a 3 year old computer or just get a new one. He said I should just get a new one.
Really, he just saw it as the perfect opportunity to convert me to a Mac. Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against Mac. I used them in all my art classes in college, but I just never could get used to them because I had always had a PC. (Let's face it... we all love what we're comfortable with.)
Well, upon deciding that I needed a new computer, Kent-- because he's such an awesome husband-- got online and ordered me one right then. Just after he placed the order, his computer ran out of battery. That's because he left the cord at the hotel where he stayed during his last training trip. Soooo... neither of us had a computer until his charger came or my computer came in the mail. Needless to say, that didn't happen until today, and Kent's charger finally came.
I felt bad not being able to check in, and I hope you guys didn't totally forget about me. Hopefully, tomorrow I will be getting my new computer in the mail today (Yay for a really awesome, one-day-early birthday present!), so I can check in on it later once I figure out how to work the new contraption. :)
Anyone got any advice on seriously learning about Mac's? I know the basics... well, enough to get by, but the darn things confuse me. (And yes, I've heard all about how "simple" they are and how "streamlined"... I just have a hard time relying on keyboard commands) Any tips, tricks, or cool things I should know?
Hope you guys have a great weekend!
My husband relies on keyboard commands much more than I do. Basically, the command key is your new control key. Command + C is copy, +V is paste, etc. You can set your Mac up to do all kinds of keyboard commands, but you have to remember them - which is my problem. =)
ReplyDeleteSince your hubby's computer is working again, get on YouTube and watch some videos. And you should be able to watch tutorials for just about anything on your Mac once you get it.
Nice, I got a Mac recently and got used to it really quickly, now I love it. Which one did you get?
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