New 'puter....

[cairistiona]

I went through the trauma this weekend of getting a new computer.  The computer itself is nice and shiny and works sooooo much better than our old one, but I hate having to set up everything.  It's a Windows 8 machine, but after trying to find our way through a new operating system, hubby basically said, "Screw it" and downloaded a program that makes Window 8 work like Windows 7 (like normal Windows, in other words, with a desktop and a start button, etc).  I'm sure if there'd been no alternative, we would have learned Windows 8 without any trouble, but... meh, life's too short and there are so many other more interesting things to learn.

I had been enjoying a nice wallpaper of TH:AUJ for the last year or so on the old 'puter, but I decided it was time to go back to an Aragorn theme:



I'm not big on change so I imagine this will be the desktop wallpaper for the foreseeable future, unless I keep getting lost in all The Pretteh at deviantart. Goodness, there's a lot of shiny over there....

(Aaaand, I foolishly forgot to bookmark the link to the above wallpaper... if I can ever find it again, I'll edit this post with the link to it. Or if you know it, please share!)

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Ooh! New computer!

My husband has already said that when he gets a new computer he will just put that conversion programme on straight away - even though we both have Windows 8 tablets.

I'm promiscuous when it comes to wallpaper on the desktop - I change mine about twice a month! I do, usually, save them and then repeat occasionally, though.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

It does seem most people do the conversion program, at least on their desktop computers.

I will probably change mine occasionally... maybe sooner than a year this time, as long as I can rediscover where I found this wallpaper. I still can't believe I didn't bookmark it. *sigh*

[shirebound]

That's a VERY inspiring picture. :)

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

It really is!

[mikononyte.livejournal.com]

When my computer tech (Geek Squad) says "don't use IE 10 or put in Windows 8" I listen. Not that I'm going to get a new compie any time soon, but I've heard such nightmares about 8. It's not running as a computer OST anymore but more like your "smart" phone.

Since I don't have one of those, I'm not impressed.

But I DO like the wallpaper. Haven't been to Deviant in ages and then stopped by this morning to drool over ilxwing's Silm artwork. She has a Finrod and Glorfindel to take to bed at night. LOL

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

When my computer tech (Geek Squad) says "don't use IE 10 or put in Windows 8" I listen.

LOL... well, my IT guy is my hubby, and he found a VERY good deal on this computer ($350 is all), and since we knew we could add the program that makes it more like Windows 7 etc, it was worth it. It still reverts to Windows 8 on a few things but I'm learning it.

But I DO like the wallpaper. Haven't been to Deviant in ages and then stopped by this morning to drool over ilxwing's Silm artwork. She has a Finrod and Glorfindel to take to bed at night. LOL

Love her stuff! Especially this one: http://ilxwing.deviantart.com/art/Aragorn-65108751 and this one: http://ilxwing.deviantart.com/art/hunters-Aragorn-125547185

Her Glorfindel looks a little too Orlando Bloomish for my tastes but Finrod is *quite* nice. :)

[babschwi53.livejournal.com]

What a lovely wallpaper! We got a new 'puter' about three weeks ago and we decided on Windows 7 right away, even if it was older and more expensive - lucky us. But I knew it from work and I'm always suspicious about 'new' better programs. Give them a few years time and they will work fine, but in the beginning... bah.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I would have preferred Windows 7, but we found such a good deal on this computer, and knew we could add the program to make it like 7, so we took a chance. It's working out so far, at least! But I'm like you, I'd far rather wait a few years for them to work out the bugs than jump on the latest version straight out of the box.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the new computer. I HATE Windows 8 and use Classic shell to make it more bearable.I tend to stick with the same wallpaper too.What is TH:AUJ? Very pretty wallpaper!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

TH:AUJ - "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey". :)

There's really not much to like about Windows 8 as far as I'm concerned!

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

At home, I still have good old XP and I'm happy with it. I plan to use it until it dies. And starting from next week, I'll get 8 at work, so we'll see... I guess it'll be a big change for me, but I'll have to get used to it.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I loved XP and hated when our computer with it died. :( We've been using Vista and it wasn't *too* bad. We certainly didn't have any huge difficulties with it compared with what others experienced. But XP was a good system. Microsoft seems to be in a good-bad-good-bad-good-bad pattern when it comes to their new operating systems. :/

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

I won't be changing to Windows 8 anytime soon, I see. Lovely wallpaper! I hope you stumble on the link again. Have I ever told you that I have over 300 Aragorn wallpapers stored in my computer? It's verily a humongous collection.

I change wallpapers every day.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I think you did tell me you had about that many wallpapers, yes. *g* You have very nearly enough for an entire year! Have you poked around deviantart.com to see if there's any there you don't have?

And yes, hold off on Windows 8 if you can, but if you can't, have your computer guy add the additional program to make it work like Windows always has.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the new computer. I HATE Windows 8 and use Classic shell to make it more bearable.I tend to stick with the same wallpaper too.What is TH:AUJ?

[rs9.livejournal.com]

Nice Wallpaper!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Someone did a really good job of it... and I need to find it so I can give credit where credit's due!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh wow, congrats on the new computer! ;)

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thankee!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I dislike having to get used to new things, too - computers, phones, that sort of gadgety things. Lol I would have still kept my (very) old Nokia 3210 if hubby hadn't bought me a new one.

Lovely desktop!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Yep, I know exactly how you feel! Sometimes I think I'd still be typing on my old beloved IBM Selectric typewriter. LOL Okay, probably not THAT resistant to change, but still...