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alexseanchai) wrote2016-03-13 11:30 pm
alexseanchai) wrote2016-03-13 11:30 pm
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Fuck.
So I want to show y'all pics of my coffee table, which is now positioned in front of the love seat where it belongs instead of half in the dining nook where it certainly doesn't belong, and which now has a row of books between two Narnia bookends down the middle. But first I want to make the pics 400x300, so they don't break reading pages the way 2048x1536 pics do. I suppose I could accomplish this by opening the pics from within Paint, rather than by right-clicking and selecting "Open in Paint" from Windows Explorer.
But in attempting to do it the "rather than" way just previous, I discovered that Windows Explorer flat out will not let me right-click anything without ceasing to respond and requiring a program restart. Restarting the computer did not improve matters.
And it again occurs to me that my desktop is getting on in planned-obsolescence terms and may be due for a replacement, but I don't want to. And can't afford to. And any Windows box I could possibly get new would be running Windows 10, and there are few words for how much I don't want Windows 10 and none of those words are polite, but I haven't used Ubuntu in years or Mac ever and a changeover to one of those would be nearly as much fun as a change to Windows 10...
So I want to show y'all pics of my coffee table, which is now positioned in front of the love seat where it belongs instead of half in the dining nook where it certainly doesn't belong, and which now has a row of books between two Narnia bookends down the middle. But first I want to make the pics 400x300, so they don't break reading pages the way 2048x1536 pics do. I suppose I could accomplish this by opening the pics from within Paint, rather than by right-clicking and selecting "Open in Paint" from Windows Explorer.
But in attempting to do it the "rather than" way just previous, I discovered that Windows Explorer flat out will not let me right-click anything without ceasing to respond and requiring a program restart. Restarting the computer did not improve matters.
And it again occurs to me that my desktop is getting on in planned-obsolescence terms and may be due for a replacement, but I don't want to. And can't afford to. And any Windows box I could possibly get new would be running Windows 10, and there are few words for how much I don't want Windows 10 and none of those words are polite, but I haven't used Ubuntu in years or Mac ever and a changeover to one of those would be nearly as much fun as a change to Windows 10...
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If it helps, I'm not sure that you'd need to spend more than $120 for something that will likely last another two to three years (unless you're into video editing or gaming, that is). A solid refurbished machine can easily run for that much (a core2duo around 3ghz or so). Also, any pc that comes with windows 10 can be downgraded to the equivalent version of windows 7 (I'm not sure for how long they're going to allow this though).
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I have a massive video editing project in mind, so.
This computer's about four years old. I am disappointed in planned obsolescence.
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I understand your frustration with planned obsolescence. I just stopped buying premade desktop pcs 16 yrs ago and have been building them myself ever since (my current work horse was built in 2006, and has only needed the odd part since).
In any case, I'm happy to help you figure it out, if that's what you want (no pressure, of course).
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I appreciate the offer. My brother-in-law has made a similar offer, and since I can occasionally bug him in person, I'd rather talk to him. But I do appreciate your offer.
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