Lyndis
12-02-2005, 12:20 PM
Well, I got my new computer out of layaway yesterday. It works like a charm! The flat-panel monitor seems so much smaller than my old one, and the display is so sharp. I love the keyboard as well; it’s so silent when you type on the keys. I like ‘em silent. Once I got it hooked up, my first priority was to set up my internet connection. I thought I would have to insert the Alltel CD and go through the DSL setup, but I didn’t even have to do that. The computer automatically detected my DSL modem, and I was surfing in no time. Then I downloaded PSP Video 9, the software I use to convert and transfer videos to my PSP memory stick. Of course I’m having device connection issues, but I’m getting around those. It still feels weird using this computer. It’s hard to believe I got this computer for just over $300.
Anyway, it feels good to have my own computer and my own internet connection again. And I’m looking forward to seeing how many Cosby Show episodes I can fit onto a 1GB memory stick in the low quality setting. The low quality setting doesn’t look that bad, really. The audio and video may go out of synch, but that can easily be fixed by rewinding just a little bitty bit. Also, I like being able to get to my favorite episodes easily on the computer instead of switching from different discs and tapes just to get the best ones. I did the same thing with Family Plots, but they’re all on the old hard drives.
So what’s going to happen to my old computer? My dad says for me to send the old computer to him, and he’d try to fix it, and give it to my brother if he’s successful. I still wonder what to do with my old hard drives. Of course I’m keeping the 120GB for myself, but I have content on the primary hard drive as well. You know what else? As I was opening the packages that my parents sent me, guess what I came across? The disk for my old video program, Broderbund Movieshop! I thought I had gotten that disk all sticky, as well as lost. The disk had quite a bit of dirt on it, but it wasn’t sticky at all. I don’t know if I’ll still be able to use it, since this computer doesn’t have the video hookup right on the video card. My co-worker in electronics said that it’s rare for the video card to have the jacks for the video hookup. I had no idea. If there was a way I could use the DVD Xpress to capture the footage and then import it into Movieshop, I could still use it. Otherwise, Movieshop is a pretty useless program now…
Anyway, it feels good to have my own computer and my own internet connection again. And I’m looking forward to seeing how many Cosby Show episodes I can fit onto a 1GB memory stick in the low quality setting. The low quality setting doesn’t look that bad, really. The audio and video may go out of synch, but that can easily be fixed by rewinding just a little bitty bit. Also, I like being able to get to my favorite episodes easily on the computer instead of switching from different discs and tapes just to get the best ones. I did the same thing with Family Plots, but they’re all on the old hard drives.
So what’s going to happen to my old computer? My dad says for me to send the old computer to him, and he’d try to fix it, and give it to my brother if he’s successful. I still wonder what to do with my old hard drives. Of course I’m keeping the 120GB for myself, but I have content on the primary hard drive as well. You know what else? As I was opening the packages that my parents sent me, guess what I came across? The disk for my old video program, Broderbund Movieshop! I thought I had gotten that disk all sticky, as well as lost. The disk had quite a bit of dirt on it, but it wasn’t sticky at all. I don’t know if I’ll still be able to use it, since this computer doesn’t have the video hookup right on the video card. My co-worker in electronics said that it’s rare for the video card to have the jacks for the video hookup. I had no idea. If there was a way I could use the DVD Xpress to capture the footage and then import it into Movieshop, I could still use it. Otherwise, Movieshop is a pretty useless program now…