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Robin ~ All Things Heart and H · 7 months ago

That is one Beeeeautiful computer!
Oh the type writer pic brought back memories of highschool typing class!
I'm thrilled your computer is home and since we have a George ... how 'bout a name for that fancy computer ;)

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Leslie · 7 months ago

Oh, I still have an electric typewriter in the house! I used to let my kids play with it when they were younger.

When I was in college (I'm 44 now), my dad offered to get me a computer to do all my papers on. I said no I'll just use my typewriter. I didn't want to look like a dork when no one else in my dorm had a computer! Now I look back and think, "Dork, idiot, etc!" I'm quite impressed with my parents because they're 80 & 81 and are great at using a computer!

You're new "baby" is beautiful!

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Sheryl · 7 months ago

oh you must be so happy!!!! and i am thrilled for you.

you and i have even more in common. as i told you i also have a spring green dell, but i saw my favorite flowers in the picture. orange gerbera daisies!!

hope you have a nice weekend.

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. · 7 months ago

I love your new laptop! The color is awesome! My mom still has a manual typewriter and refuses any of the older computers we've offered her. Can you believe they still sell ribbons to manual typewriters? We all get typewritten notes. Sa-weeet.

My first computer was a PC Jr. And the IT guy at work told me "you'll never need more than 80 mb of storage memory for home use." Uh huh.

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Kristy · 7 months ago

What a great computer! Yay! I remember the Apple computers in our school too.

When I was in college I worked in the Dean's office of the library, and we still had a typewriter in the office to do a couple of jobs, mostly just when we needed to do a couple of forms that had to be in triplicate. They still exist!

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SusanD · 7 months ago

How exciting and fun to learn all the new enhancements. It's a beauty. Lighted keyboard? That's pretty sweet. Enjoy. Blessings, SusanD

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Gail · 7 months ago

And then there was the fall day in 1980 when the principal of the elementary school where I was "school library media specialist" came and said next Thursday I want you to go to a workshop on computers. So I went for two hours and then I was the Computer Knowledgable Specialist in the building. I did an inservice for the teachers and "taught" all the 450 students about computers over a 6 week period when we had 1 - count 'em - 1 Apple IIC in the building. Ye Gods!!!

Debra · 7 months ago

Yeah You! That is so exciting to have a new computer and with all the fun gadgets! Good for you! :)

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Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect · 7 months ago

A. I remember floppy disks. The actual floppy disks that were floppy.
B. I took a typing class in high school. We used typewriters and then took turns on the couple of computers we had.
C. Your new computer is beeee-yoo-tiful! :)

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Denise · 7 months ago

So glad to hear that you, and other commentors, also had the grade school computer classes on the ginormous apple computers with the almost-as-big floppy discs. I can still vividly recall learning how to type in command codes to create a picture of a Christmas tree, then learning the codes to make lights blink on the trees. Even back then, I recall sitting at my giant computer thinking, "now what on earth is this going to help me with in the real world?" lol! I also went on to typing class in highschool, used a fancy "word processor" for all college papers ... had an inservice at my first job about the "internet" and wondered if it was really going to catch on : )
Yep, I'm 35 too : )

Jessica · 7 months ago

Oh, I remember that. When no one had computers, and if you did you were "extremely wealthy"! Crazy.

Your new one is gorgeous! But not as gorgeous as Riley. Close though!

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Robynn's Ravings · 7 months ago

:) VERY COOL! Love your laptop!

We were just talking about Grizzly first computer. No hard drive. Isn't that amazing?

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Vicky · 7 months ago

Its beautiful! I'm really happy for you Gitz :-D

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Guest · 7 months ago

I looked at your old PC and was reminded of a caller I had at work. I answer the help desk phone so I can get some frustrated callers. One night a caller said, "well you know they gave me this new DY thingy." Some of our users have thin clients because a regular PC is too much and they are HP clients. Her's had been installed at her desk upside down and we had a hard time figuring out what the DY thingy was. :-[

gitz · 7 months ago

Funny you mentioned it... I was thinking it needed a name, too. Do you think it's a boy or a girl?

gitz · 7 months ago

Your dad offered to get you a computer? Love how "with the times" he was! Too bad he didn't think ahead enough to buy stock in Apple! :-P

gitz · 7 months ago

I love the green and the orange together. I just think it looks happy or something :)

gitz · 7 months ago

My first computer had 40mb hard drive and I thought it ROCKED. Isn't that so funny? My new one has 500Gb. Mmm-hmm.

gitz · 7 months ago

I think the keyboard on an old typewriter would feel so weird, but I have to say I do like the sound of clacking keys.

gitz · 7 months ago

Thanks, Susan :) I does kind of make me want to type in the dark! [it takes very little to entertain me...]

gitz · 7 months ago

Gail, I can't tell you how funny I think it is that you were trying to teach 450 people on one computer!!!

gitz · 7 months ago

It is fun getting a new toy :)

gitz · 7 months ago

Yep, those are the floppy disks I'm talking about... the black ones that were paper thin. They always warned us not to set them on the drive itself or the magnetic properties would erase what was saved. Isn't that crazy?

gitz · 7 months ago

I remember thinking how handy it was to save papers, but never in a million years imagined they would become so necessary. I remember the first time I instant messaged... it was too cool!

gitz · 7 months ago

We thought the extremely wealthy were the ones that had Atari...

:)

gitz · 7 months ago

It blows my mind how far technology has come... and can't imagine how far it will go.

gitz · 7 months ago

Thanks, sweetness! I'll come around to catch up on your blog this weekend :)

gitz · 7 months ago

It took me SO long to figure out that dy was hp... I couldn't figure it out because I was thinking capital letters!!! :-P

Lauratina · 7 months ago

It is soooooo pretty, just as I had imagined! Please teach me about widgets and the organizational thingy so that I don't have to have shortcuts on my desktop, too, pleeezzzze?!?!!? O:-) Sooooo happy for you!!

Kristen · 7 months ago

Just found your adorable blog and wanted to say hi! Your dog is adorable as well and I am going to go read some more :)

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Coloradolady · 7 months ago

I need a new computer....I have a desktop, but looking at that cute spring green laptop...makes me think I might just need to go that route.

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gitz · 7 months ago

I'm here for ya, babe... :*

gitz · 7 months ago

Thanks, Kristen! Glad you found us here...

gitz · 7 months ago

You should! Fun colors just make a day better...

Robin ~ All Things Heart and H · 7 months ago

You have a couple of boys in your house already with George and Riley...maybe another female would be nice...but then again there is something to being the only woman in a house full of men!� :)

Paul U · 7 months ago

i remember that I only learned using the computer when I was already on college.


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Guest · 7 months ago

I love my Dell laptop and am so addicted. If you don't have one already, Sara, get yourself a coolpad for it. It is connected to the laptop through a USB port and keeps your lap and your laptop nice and cool...will extend the life of your Dell considerably. I got mine from Staples on line. Brand is Antec. Makes a world of difference! See here http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Notebook-Cooler-USB... />
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gitz · 7 months ago

I spent a lot of time in the computer lab when I was in college and couldn't imagine ever affording one of my own... and by senior year I did. Crazy how things change in a few years!

gitz · 7 months ago

Thanks... I'll check that out! I have the laptop on an angle so it has good airflow, but the palm rests seem to get really hot! Do you have that problem with your Dell? And does the coolpad help with that?

gitz · 7 months ago

Hmm... I'm going to have to think about this one... feel free to offer any name suggestions :)

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Guest · 7 months ago

I had hot palm rests�with�my Inspiron 1525�until I started using the coolpad about 3 days after I got the Dell. The Antec is light weight�and very quiet and it keeps your Dell from having to run its fan.� Some of the other coolpads have really�noisy fans. It is powered by the USB connection to the laptop so there isn't an additional power cord to use or batteries to buy. That price on Amazon is about�what I paid last year. My laptop stays very cool to the touch and it's comfortable on my lap as well. I chose the Antec after reading user reviews for all the different brands and models of coolpads.� I've been very happy with it.
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gitz · 7 months ago

Thanks so much for answering my questions... I'm definitely going to order one!

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Guest · 7 months ago

You're welcome!

Nancygrayce · 7 months ago

Yes, I learned on the old fashioned, push the lever instead of "enter"....AND in typing class there were NO letters or numbers on the keys. We really learned to type and look somewhere else! I love you new computer. I think the lighted keyboard is a wonderful, fabulous idea.

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gitz · 7 months ago

Oh my gosh, I wouldn't have done very well without the letters/numbers on the keys!!! I could do it now [obviously] but I still am not good about typing the numbers with my fingers on that row.

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Amy · 7 months ago

Right there with you--I'm 34. About 1979, my dad put his store inventory and sales on a computer. Terminals at the sales counter connected to the refrigerator-size computer (no joke, even if my perspective was off because I was little) in the back room. Every night he ran a backup on the "platter" disk, which really was big enough to serve a turkey on. Yikes. That was cutting edge.

About the migraines: My husband also gets the super-horrible, incapacitating, vomiting, frightful variety that you enjoy. A couple years ago, he was part of a clinical trial through Ohio State Univ. for a gadget to help prevent migraines. Picture holding something like a hairdryer to your head when you first get an aura, pull the trigger, and it gives off an electromagnetic pulse that disrupts and stops or lessens the migraine. He doesn't know if he was in the control or experimental group (he suspects the latter), but since then, he has had fewer migraines and they tend to be less intense. An article we read about the study beforehand cited people who had migraines every day for years, and after a few treatments had few or none. Definitely worth looking into.
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/headzap.htm

Tippa · 7 months ago

How cool! Oh the pics brought up so many memories of back in the day! You new computer is awesome! A lighted keyboard...wow! That is impressive! Welcome back girl!

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alece · 7 months ago

oh she's beautiful! and i love the lit keyboard -- what a great idea!

how are you feeling these days, friend?

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