One of the complaints I hear all of the time is that getting help with technology is just not worth the hassle. It is just easier to live with the problem, even if that problem makes work more complex and time consuming. Most of the time, folks first line of tech support ask their spouse, …
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As I anticipated, I am feeling increasingly comfortable with my new laptop. My fingers still occasionally hit the wrong keys and I am relying heavily on my trackpad while I learn a whole new set of keyboard commands. My remaining issues are with application compatibility. re I decided on a Linux laptop, I had done …
Not unexpectedly, the transition to my new laptop hasn’t been particularly smooth. First the system froze installing the newest version of Ubuntu, which was released the same day my computer shipped. Then I tried to do the installation from a CD my husband burned for me. When that didn’t work, I gave up and called …