Destiny Dawn Marie

I’ve spent most of the day today preparing to move into a new work computer. Here is the plan.  My work computer is a desktop unit,  and has been faithful and reliable for the past four years.  I purchased a laptop two years ago, and transferred most of my work files to the new machine.  Four months later the hard drive died and I lost a lot of data.  So I moved back into the desktop and kept the laptop as a backup/portable unit for multimedia, imaging, and other lesser tasks.  After the new hard drive was installed, and I have used it reliably for 16 months as a backup, I am confident enough in the machine to designate it as the new workstation.  It also helps that I just ordered a new laptop for a portable unit.

My older laptop is a Toshiba satellite Pro 6100 and I love almost everything about it except that it does not have a built-in mouse in the tiny speakers sound really tacky. It’s a very heavy machine weighing in around 8 pounds, with a massive 17 inch screen, making it less than desirable to lug around and then deal with the extra accessories and cords that have to be plugged in such is the mouse, camera, speakers, and a microphone.

Back to the plan: I have been sorting, organizing, and moving data from the desktop to the laptop today and was amazed at just how much stuff gets filed and forgotten.I recommend that everyone sit down and clean out the computer like they were moving out of it at least once a year.  I have let mine go longer than I should and have found all sorts of unfinished projects, forgotten ideas, and even products that I paid for, unused and waiting to be found.

So I kept these things in mind when I ordered the new unit.  I chose one of the new Acer’s.  Here is why.  First and foremost at a built-in camera, mouse, and microphone.  So I should be able to open this machine up and use it without any accessories or things to plug in/lug around with me. I also chose a unit with a small 14 inch screen that weighs under 5 pounds.  I’d never thought of any of these things when I ordered my last laptop — so it has been a learning experience.  My girlfriend has a Dell latitude, so I got first-hand experience on some of the differences between the different models.

So I have decided to do something with all this stuff I have been unwilling to part with for years - I’m going to blog it!  I have huge collection of self-help/empowerment, business and Internet marketing materials on my computer to sort out.  None of it is doing me any good to sitting there — so as I clean it out I will store in categories on my blogs.

The next step for me is to figure out how to synchronize my e-mail applications, move my favorite software programs, and an easy way to store downloadable files in my blog posts.  I use Word press if anyone has any suggestions.

Back to work I go.  I hope to retire the desktop by Saturday.  I’m going to load some educational games, hook up the big speakers, and use the desktop as a multimedia center for the family.  My son is so excited that he is going to get to play on mommies computer without getting in trouble for it!

until next time …