Location, At
Home
I am still
waiting for a quote on the trailer repairs. They were supposed to call me today
but again, nothing happened.
I am also
waiting on a call from the insurance adjuster who was supposed to call within 4
hours. That was 3 days ago.
I have been
unloading stuff from the trailer, mainly things I don’t want in there while it
is in the repair shop. Things like my generators, extra books, spare tire, etc.
Meanwhile I
have been having problems with my ACER netbook which is now 5 years old. I use
this when we travel as it is small and light weight. The screen sometimes comes
up red and a few of the symbols have a red tinge around them. If I move the
screen the red goes away. Neighbor Paul had similar problems with his Netbook
so he took it apart today, reassembled it and now no problems. I guess I may
need to do that also.
The other
problem with the Netbook is that it runs Windows XP which is no longer
supported by Microsoft and every so often I get a message to that effect.
So,
yesterday I bit the bullet and bought a new Dell Inspiron 11 2 in 1 notebook
which can also be used as a tablet. It runs Windows 8.1 which I am struggling
to learn. I did manage to get my email installed along with a few other
programs.
The one hit
against this notebook is that it is too heavy to hold in one hand like other
light weight tablets. I don’t see this as a problem for me as I rarely hold it
that way. It weighs about 3 lbs.
I need to
get rid of some old computers as I still have my original Dell laptop which
weighs as much as a boat anchor but it still works. For now it is hooked to a
large flatbed scanner to copy slides.
Back to
Windows 8.1
