Several months ago I got a new laptop. My old laptop worked fine but it has Windows 10 on it. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 and seems to have slowed down the performance so much that it was taking me far too long to do what needed to be done. The hardware wouldn’t support a software upgrade to Windows 11 so I just bit the bullet and brought a new laptop. It’s lightning fast and I actually love it. The transition was super simple because the laptop is not my primary computer.
I’m an old school boomer who still uses my desktop for most things. I like having two big monitors. I like having a big hard drive to avoid using “the cloud.” I like having a full-size keyboard and mouse. And I like sitting at a desk with a sturdy chair to keep my back from aching when I’m at the computer for a long time. But alas, my faithful 10-year-old desktop suffered from the same Windows 10/hardware deficient problem as my old laptop. I knew it was time to consider moving on when it takes 10 minutes to boot up.
Rather than buy a new desktop. I figured out how to use my laptop on my desk, setting up a docking station and multiple monitors so I could have the best of both worlds. It’s gotten better over the years, but setting up a new computer with your preferred directory structure, updating and configuring software, moving files, and everything else that has to be done with a new computer is just a pain in the butt. I think it’s done though, at least until I run into an annoying oversight or glitch I’ve forgotten to address.
Ah, first world problems. I should just shut up.
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