Well, although there are still some niggling apprehensions about my recent purchase, I am warming up to the idea. Although there are things about it that will require some acclimation, I do find it a lot quicker than my old netbook. A lot.
Because of its spryness, I don’t dread doing anything computer related during the day. Before, if I needed to write something that required a larger screen than my smartphone, I’d have to deal with the tablet–which has its own flaky issues and is better suited for leisurely movie-viewing–or my netbook which would literally take a full 5 minutes to load Gmail or anything Google related or trek all the way to my office to use the desktop machine. (I still need the desktop machine for some tasks such as photo, video, or music editing, but for the smaller tasks that just require a few words, this is just fine.)
I’m crossing my fingers, saying a prayer, and hoping that this purchase will work out for the best. All components because I also have an expansion storage card on the way which has wildly mixed reviews as well.
If there is a higher power out there somewhere, please don’t let me down.
Random tangent: I’m perplexed and a little bit giddy that I received two unexpected checks in the mail a couple days ago. They were out of the blue and while not an earth-shattering amount of money, it was a healthy chunk of change–enough to cover a third the cost of my new acquisition. Let’s hope for more unexpected goodies from the Universe dropping in. Maybe meditation does work.