My laptop’s been acting weird the past few days. To total strangers, they’d think it might be some kind of virus — the monitor would blink on and off at certain intervals, then freeze all of a sudden before flashing the much-dreaded Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD)…then, as though rubbing salt to the wound, restarting all by itself.
But I know my laptop very well. And I know it’s just a notebook memory problem. I know because my laptop showed the same symptoms a few months ago and I managed to fix it by moving Outlook’s memory from drive C to drive D.
You see, my3-year old Sony VAIO’s drive C has a measly 15 gig capacity, with its drive D having a slightly better — but still inadequate — 45 gig. And now both hard drives are almost full, especially drive C, where most of the programs are located. The programs were bundled with the laptop and didn’t come with installation CD’s — Adobe Photoshop Elements being my favourite, plus a slew of video editing and desktop publishing software that are too dear to my heart for me to delete.
So this can only mean three things:-
1) a short hiatus from blogging, as I expect to be busy trying to find a short-term solution;
2) my posts, if any, would have to make do without photos (since most of them are all in my drive D and backed up in an external hard disk which would be too much of hassle to access unless I’m desperate); and
3) I’ve got to start scouting around for a new laptop within the next few days — the silver lining to this dark cloud.
Now the million-dollar question remains: is it time for me to get a Mac???
If it means better performance, why not?
Yes Mimi. It is time for you to get a Macbook, and a Pro would be best! It goes well and fine with photographers! Just my two cents. =)
I’ve owned a Mac when I was younger, but now I’m a PC…even if I don’t run Windows…Linux for the win! ^_^
Performance wise? Yes!
Software support? Hmmm…. 60/40!
Since I don’t go places to do my job, I don’t own a laptop. My computers at home and at the office could share files thru my memory stick but “gamers” will droll to have my PC at home.
I like Linux, too. But it’s been years since I last tinkered with it. So the 2nd best option would have to be a Mac. I’ve only heard praise about its performance, plus its looks are to die for. So I’m veering towards that general direction…We’ll see. I’ll have to do some window shopping this weekend :)
Blogusvox: In that case, if my kids ever laid their hands on your home PC, they’ll probably never leave!