New Year, new laptop...

[byslantedlight]

I did it - I went out and bought a new laptop today, and the only thing I'm not keen on about it so far (apart from Windows 7 *sighs*) is that the up-down-sideways keys are the teeniest ones on the keyboard, and it's going to take some practice until I stop missing them... Oh, and they always take away programmes that you've just got used to using, too... It's very shiny though, and long (as they mostly seem to be these days), and... and I was a very good girl, and did my research, and bought a Which Laptop Shall I Buy type mag to read over coffee this morning, and then I went around shops and I read and I fiddled and I tapped at keyboards, and I compared specs and compared them with what it'd said in the mag, and... I bought another Sony Vaio. *g* It was in my price range, it had pretty much all the specs I'd wanted, and the keyboard felt good to type on. And the touchpad is in the middle of it. Though the teeny weeny need-to-reach-for-them up-down-sideways keys are a bit of a bugger, I'll grant you... Anyway - I've spent the best part of the day transferring my security and stuff over, and it's beginning to feel a bit more like home now - though I'm still sad for my old Vaio, sleeping the sleep of the cannot-turn-on-any-more...

Now I get to catch up on all the stuff I've fallen hugely behind on - eep! And to wonder about things for 2012, and Pros in 2012, and...oh, stuff, as you do at this time of year. There's lots of Pros-y stuff I should be getting on with - palelyloitering (if I can find a Dreamweaver equivalent to use), and lots of Prosfic I haven't read yet, and wondering whether to carry on with discoveredinalj after the Christmas challenge, and/or my own writings, and/or... oh, you know. Stuff... And there's non-Pros stuff, of course...

...and by the time I've faffed around more with getting things into order on this laptop (have I mentioned the lovely keypad, by the way? *g*), it's time for bed! So here instead of my potential rambling, is the solstice sunset...


And for now, goodnight... until work again tomorrow morning - yuck! I'd much rather stay at home and organise my new laptop... *g*

Oh and I nearly forgot - I liked Sherlock very much, last night, I think they did a great job! Anyone else see it?

Comments

[hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com]

I can hardly wait till we can see more Sherlock in the US! :D
Glad your laptop woes are better with a new machine.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Hee, you went for another vaio! I quite like mine - although I don't use it that much (except in Derbyshire!). Agewise it must be coming up for its sleep of the cannot-turn-on-anymore. Ergh, I hate that sleep - I was guilty at how bad I felt when my desktop went into terminal snooze. I'm sure you were better organized than me and so didn't have any disappearance of the files that were not backed up to cope with! It *is* fun getting new shiny though :D

Not seen Sherlock yet - son says it was ace.

[alicambs.livejournal.com]

Deleted as I replied to someone else rahter than commented... doh!

So looking forward to Sherlock, but have to wait until DVDs arrive on 23rd (Amazon promised!). Avoiding spoilers like mad, but it does sound as if most everyone thought it was fantastic.

Bought a HP lap top in the sales here, lovely screen. :-)

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

What do you mean, "whether to carry on with DIALJ"? I am wondering what the next challenge will be already! And "and my own writings"? What? This is just me misreading, surely?

Love the sunsets. I think I have a picture of the sunrise the following day, actually!

Sherlock: I turned over ten minutes late (oops), just in time to miss the cliff-hanger resolution, and then thoroughly enjoyed the rest. Loved all the nods to other Holmes stories - I'm sure I remember someone losing a thumb in one of them, so when poor Mrs Hudson opened the fridge and found thumbs... Had to put the subtitles on when they started talking really fast, though, argh! I liked the "if there is anyone still interested, I'm not actually gay" remark: as if that will stop the fanfic. Loved all the updating, from Bohemia to Belgravia and photographs to cameraphone. Thought the plot all began to go a bit weird at the end, because one of the things I missed at the start was the critical detail about why they were so interested in the dead man in the car. (I subsequently caught up with that on iPlayer, and I actually am not sure I'd have kept watching through the pool scene, so it was a good job I missed it first time round.)

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Sherlock was great! Loved it.

Nice laptop. Your typing looks wonderful and the pictures are nice on the new toy. *beg* Enjoy!

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

Yay for the new laptop! Such a shame you have to go back to work today and leave your new Lappy at home. You can have fun tonight catching up on everything.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Happy new laptop!

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you got a new laptop. Can someone very clever get stuff off the old one? E.g. Dreamweaver? It's usually possible. Although you mention transferring stuff so presumably there's another reason for not being able to use Dreamweaver. You will soon get used to Windows7 and most people prefer it once they've stopped screaming about the changes for change's sake. Incidentally, one of my husband's friends fixed my old Vaio - rebuilt the battery, extracted stuff and returned the machine to default manufacturer's specs. So I now have a 'spare' laptop (which is currently on loan to a friend who was burgled).

Lovely photos - as ever. I found the different photo handling in Windows7 one of the harder things to get used to but now I like it.

Sherlock is in a queue, waiting to be watched. It clashed with The Great Barrier Reef which Mr. Moth adored and which I have to confess sent me to sleep.

And - waah! - what are the pros(!) and cons of continuing dialj??

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Have fun with the new laptop! They always feel so strange and different at first but once you start to get all your usual programs loaded, and your own wallpaper etc they start to feel a lot more comfortable.

As for Sherlock - only saw it tonight and I'm still buzzing. I know I'll have to watch it a few more times to pick up everything (well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!)

I'd hate to see dialj go. I know I don't contribute but there have been some excellent fics over the years. I even printed out a few of the collections for re-reading when I was away from the pc. But I understand why you'd feel the way you do; no satisfaction in putting a challenge out if there are no responses.

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

(coming in a bit late here) well done you for getting a new laptop so efficiently and just in the nick of time before going back to work (yuck). apart from the things that niggle, I hope that having the same brand again means it feels familiar in some ways. What do you mean by 'long'? Larger screen?

And wow! 'Sherlock'! I didn't watch S1 but for some reason N decided to watch t'other night, and we all loved it. Granted I'm the only one in the household squeeing over Benedict C as SH, but it's so great in so many ways.
Now I must see S1. It's a little disappointing to discover 'Sherlock' just as they introduce the female love interest (gack). Like moonlightmead I was struck by Watson's 'I'm not gay' as maybe addressing the slash fandom, but it was in a particular context. I'm sure (unless I misheard) that Ms Adler replied, 'But I am.' (but in that case, why was she all pupils dilating etc. over Sherlock?).

[cornishcat.livejournal.com]

I went out and bought a new laptop today ... yes but what colour? (See, I always enjoy deep and meaningful discussions!)

Hope you didn't set off too many more shop tamper-alarms because it gets a little embarrassing after a while.