Need for Speed

We finally got rid of Honey’s old computer!

Well, we actually didn’t.  I’ve left it on our home network strictly as a print server (and maybe someplace to back up files) but Honey now has a shiny new HP laptop.  Her old computer, a Dell PC, didn’t actually have genuine ivory keys, but it was almost that old, and it was so slow that it couldn’t run several of the games she likes to play.

The new computer has a touch screen, and came pre-loaded with a gazillion options, things like Kindle and Skype and dozens of others we will probably never use.  When you click on something it opens immediately – no waiting at all – and she loves that. 

What isn’t going so fast is the learning curve, transitioning from XP

to Windows 8.1

According to the news reports, later this year– about the time we figure this one out - Microsoft  is going to offer free upgrades to Windows 10. They say that is a good thing – I guess we have to wait and see.