We Learn as We go Along
When it comes to computers and technology, we learn as we go along.
You get a new HP laptop, and you learn that Word no longer comes with PCs but instead you get Microsoft Works, which is OK but you find out you can't expect a recipient of a Works document to download it unless the recipient also has Works, which is not likely because Word is the word processor of the realm these days. So if you're serious about attaching documents, you must eventually have Word, which you have to purchase separately.
Then you find out that your new laptop will not install with your Epson printer without downloading an install from the Epson website (the install disk you received with your printer will not work with a 64-bit computer), and it takes an hour in a convoluted threeway conversation with HP and Epson tech support to find this out and by then you are so disgusted you hang up.
By the end of this Friday afternoon, my nerves are shot.
You get a new HP laptop, and you learn that Word no longer comes with PCs but instead you get Microsoft Works, which is OK but you find out you can't expect a recipient of a Works document to download it unless the recipient also has Works, which is not likely because Word is the word processor of the realm these days. So if you're serious about attaching documents, you must eventually have Word, which you have to purchase separately.
Then you find out that your new laptop will not install with your Epson printer without downloading an install from the Epson website (the install disk you received with your printer will not work with a 64-bit computer), and it takes an hour in a convoluted threeway conversation with HP and Epson tech support to find this out and by then you are so disgusted you hang up.
By the end of this Friday afternoon, my nerves are shot.
posted by Fred Hudson at 2:48 PM
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