Monthly Archives: February 2010

Recently I did a mass updating of all the computers in my house.  Out of all the computers we have 2 laptops that are Windows 7, 1 desktop that is Windows 7, 3 desktops that are Windows Vista, and 3 servers.  There always seems to be some sort of update to the computers, but I tend to do all the computers at once.  On my last update I got to put in Windows Internet Explorer 8.  That update asked me if I wanted Bing as my new search engine, and I can’t say that I want to change from what I consider having one of the best web directory systems around… Google.

I am not the type of person that likes change, and I hate it when companies try to get you to change by throwing stuff into updates, and websites.

As with most PC things I am subject to this type of thing because it is a PC, and these are things that get done to PCs.  I have been a PC person for many years, and that will never change.  I have a Mac on a shelf in case I ever need it for data work on any customers computers.  The day that I operate a “Crack”-Mac will be the day that I give up my profession.  There are other explanations as to why you would want a Mac, but for the most part you have to be very “Simple” to operate one of them.  I call them that because you need to be either…

1. On crack, and don’t know what you are getting into…

or

2. Selling crack because they cost MUCH more than a PC…

I give the Mac this credit… I love working on them because they cost so much to fix, and there is huge markup on the parts, and labor being that not many people know much about the repair side of them.  Here is something to think about… If Mac/Apple computers were at the “TOP” of their game, then why would they have a computer that could run a Microsoft Windows Operating System?  HMMMMM?  The Mac/Apple is still only good for 1 thing as far as I am concerned, and even that is getting to be a tight race.  This would be graphic editing.

I took my wife out shopping the other day while we were waiting for my litte one to get done at a BDay party. We went to KMart since it was very close to where we were. I happened to stumble into the fitness area of the store, and noticed that they were running a special on a lot of different things.  I purchased a self propelled treadmill some years ago, and the wife has been asking me to get her a new one, so I mentioned it to her when I saw the sale price.  She told me that she appreciated my thoughts, but the money was a bit tight for me to get her a new treadmill at this point in time.

She told me to keep watching Craigslist, and EBay to see if I ran into any great deals.  I know she is still a bit bitter about the original treadmill because she always makes fun of the unit when she is talking to someone about how cheap I am at times.

Can a guy ever make his wife happy by trying to do something that he thinks is right?