Micron and Me
Written: Sep 06 '00
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Pros: A great machine that just about everything.
Cons: The hand that holds the mouse.
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| Granniemose's Full Review: Micron Millenia Maximum Performance |
I am not a computer expert. I am almost 78 years old, and I wasn't born with a silver mouse in my fist. I was introduced to computers at work, but only in the context of recording absences - which was a rote thing that that a trained monkey could probably do.
However,after I lost my husband following ten years of caring for him during his long illness, my son suggested a computer "to give me something to do." I don't mean to brag, but my son (all my kids) are experts on the computer. While they didn't get started as soon as their children did, they were young enough to get in on the ground floor in computer technology. Therefore when Jim suggested the Micron as being just what I would probably need, I had reservations, but agreed with reluctance. I did complain about the cost - "Good Heavens, Jim, the last thing I need is a three thousand dollar toy"
"It's not a toy, Mom. It's a tool. You know by surfing the net you can find out anything you want to know - you'll see."
Well the computer was delivered with a screen (monitor). For a long time I thought the screen was the computer, and the box thing just held the wires.
Jim set it up for me in an empty room which I, with great sophistication, dubbed "The Computer Room". Jim showed me the basics, gave me an instruction book to read, and went home to play with his own computer.
So there I was. I looked up the book, and saw what I was supposed to do to bring up "games." It worked. I discovered Free Cell. I never learned really how to format a proper letter on the thing, but I did learn what to do with the mouse, and how to play the game I called "Solitare with an Attitude."
Well, I have to tell you, that this old computer is still in fine shape even with having to put up with a novice like me. It has been moved cross country three times, and still has things in it that have been stored for five years. I have done some dumb things I know, but I do not think it is all my fault.
I have always felt harassed by an unseen kitchen demon who will knock a goblet off the shelf to shatter when I reach for it. Or will burn a pan of simmering snap peas when I take just a minute to answer the phone, and countless other mean things. I have decided he has a twin that lives in my computer.
When my computer said "Download now," I thought it meant down size, so I proceeded to press the delete button, and then it would have the nerve to ask me if I was sure I wanted to do this. When I play Free Cell, and there is no way to play anything else, and I exit the game, it sends me a message, "Are you sure you want to quit this game?" "Yes, you darn fool", I'll snarl. "And you don't need to rub it in."
Before I changed to AOL, I used Microsoft, and when I would do something it didn't like, it would say "What is This?" Or it would flash a message saying "There is a window open. Please close it."
"What window - ? How do I close a window on a blasted computer, anyhow?"
Well, the years passed, and I must say I love the computer, even though I still make mistakes. Once I thought the miserable little twerp that lives in the computer was having a breakdown, or something, because it just went sort of crazy, and the mouse wouldn't point the way I wanted it to. It seems there was a piece of cat fur on the ball thing, or maybe on the mouse pad. My son cleaned it off, and it worked fine.
As time goes on, I find I am using it more and more. I can look up Bible passages, check out the prices of flying here or there, can communicate by Email with my friends and family (a service I love) attend auctions, and all sorts of things.
I have loved politics since I was a kid, and had to listen to FDR on the radio when he gave his weekly fireside chats. And although the majority of my children are Republicans, I remain a Democrat. That is when I learned about Message Boards. I can't believe how violent and abusive people get over politics. I remember once when I answered a Rush Limbough type I suggested that either his Mommy didn't know he was using the computer with all that naughty language, or he had a labotony and his brains had been replaced with mashed potatos. That guy didn't even stay on the message boards - he Emailed me his opinion - and after a lengthy diatribe, he had the nerve to ask me for my address. Of course when he learned my age and found out I had two big sons, he quit writing - even on the message boards, I think. I have given up message boards - I find them boring - as is this review is getting to be.
Try Micron - if it can survive me, it can survive anyone. It is a good computer.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): Approx $3000.
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Intel Pentium III
Processor speed: Don't Know
Internal Storage: SuperDisk
Hard Drive (GB): Over 50
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