Right now I should be playing with my twin niecelettes in New York. Either that or laying on the floor, completely wiped out, while my twin niecelettes play on some device with a screen. Regardless, I am not there. All because of the Frankenstorm (aka Superstorm Sandy).
Instead, I have begun fulfilling my 50,000 word DigiWrimo commitment sitting at my own desk. This will make it easier because I won’t be trying to squeeze in time to write. On the flip side, it also makes it easier for me to procrastinate. Like this morning, when I decided it was nap time rather than writing time, but I digress.
One of the many surprises I have encountered while Tech Whispering has been the number of computers that I have brought home with me. Somehow, I always expected to do the work at someone else’s location. Instead, I have machines moving in an out of my home. Some, doing much better than when they arrived. Others (sadly) having been determined to most definitely not just been resting.
This week I also opened up the box of one of the CPUs I brought home from CubeSpace. We deliberately overbuilt those, so I was not at all surprised to discover that I would just need to install some more RAM in order for it to run Windows 7. What I was disappointed to learn was that it won’t be able to run Windows 8. Instead, I will have to troll the aisles of FreeGeek to see if I can find a replacement graphics card that will allow me to run Windows 8.
You see, I am already getting questions about my opinion on Windows 8. And, while I am perfectly capable of spouting out a summary of the dozens of articles I have read on the subject, I have no first hand experience. And, while I think I have some time before I start being asked to support Windows 8, I still need the time for my own learning curve.
Digiwrimo words to date: 1567