06-05-2012, 11:07 AM
Hi,
Thanks Al; we are of the older generation and not swayed by modern must have gimmicks that are bought then quickly go out of date. I can understand a mobile phone being useful but to stand in a half mile long queue wetting myself with anticipation for the latest model doesn't push my buttons.
I seldom use my land-line phone and the phone bill for actual calls is usually under £2. During our short summers I like to get stuck into a decent project and I dislike having to shut down big machinery rendering it safe to come up into the bungalow to answer a phone call; I much prefer email as it is not intrusive. I once read about a guy setting up the planer knives on a giant planer and he answered a long phone call during the job; when he returned after the call he hit the power button to watch the planer destroy itself. Planer knives are seldom thrown until the cutter block has approached full speed.
I'm interest though and would like to hear what mobile phones do cost in real terms; I'm forever pestered by Virgin media offering me a free blackberry whatever this is as long as I take out a contract? I'm not totally against everything modern and I can be swayed by discussion if I think I receive value and the item being discussed is not simply a gimmick that everyone thinks they must have in order to survive; I'm not a sheep or lemming so don't just buy something because I see someone else with it. I do wonder how big the mobile phone bill is for kids who appear to have a mobile phone welded to their ear; anyone fancy trying to convince me that I need a mobile phone?
Thanks Ed for the information; I mentioned before that I set up my brothers first ever PC and he had also bought the security package with it at the time from PC World. I think the security was Norton. Had I been forced to use his computer with the security installed I would have thrown the lot in the bin as the security took over the computer. I stress I think it was Norton but whatever it was I didn't like it.
Many thanks Paula; you've provided lots of information that I've not been aware of and I'll study in more detail. As my brothers computer is on Sky I dumped the Norton and installed the free AVG which worked well in the background without taking over his computer. I use Virgin media security as it is free for a Virgin media customer and although it seems to take ages to load on boot up once it settles I don't know it's there; it upgrades I believe every 15 minutes and a message used to pop up at each upgrade but these messages no longer appear. It's ages since a virus got through and when it did it was detected and quickly removed.
Back to my original question of Desktop V Laptop; I'll wait until around Christmas then buy a new desktop. I'm currently setting my new office up in the hall and building a new computer desk. I would like to buy a new all in one printer to run alongside my recently new HP mono laser printer but I'm scared of parting with money for yet another printer that appears to be excellent value only to find once bought it bankrupts me due to constant cartridge demands. My Epson all in one is only connected now for its scanner; it was a huge disappointment and I'd rather do completely without a colour printer than make the same mistake again. I've also bought a 1TB external hard drive for backing up data and files and this was recommended to me by my chum Gary; I find this hard drive much more convenient than playing around with lots of single CD's. I do want to upgrade whilst sorting the new office out but I only want to have kit that will be useful to me. Money isn't a problem so I'm open to suggestions. Please bear in mind I know very little about modern electronics or their terms such as wi-fi; blackberry; blue tooth etc. Yes I still live in the dark ages but for me this has worked out extremely well; by not following like a sheep I retired aged 53 and have enjoyed 12 years retirement so far; I'm tight with brass but I will actually spend and spend freely if I get value for money. I'm not into texting or using a mobile phone as a computer or playing computer games.
I hope it warms up after dinner then I can potter around outside.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Al; we are of the older generation and not swayed by modern must have gimmicks that are bought then quickly go out of date. I can understand a mobile phone being useful but to stand in a half mile long queue wetting myself with anticipation for the latest model doesn't push my buttons.
I seldom use my land-line phone and the phone bill for actual calls is usually under £2. During our short summers I like to get stuck into a decent project and I dislike having to shut down big machinery rendering it safe to come up into the bungalow to answer a phone call; I much prefer email as it is not intrusive. I once read about a guy setting up the planer knives on a giant planer and he answered a long phone call during the job; when he returned after the call he hit the power button to watch the planer destroy itself. Planer knives are seldom thrown until the cutter block has approached full speed.
I'm interest though and would like to hear what mobile phones do cost in real terms; I'm forever pestered by Virgin media offering me a free blackberry whatever this is as long as I take out a contract? I'm not totally against everything modern and I can be swayed by discussion if I think I receive value and the item being discussed is not simply a gimmick that everyone thinks they must have in order to survive; I'm not a sheep or lemming so don't just buy something because I see someone else with it. I do wonder how big the mobile phone bill is for kids who appear to have a mobile phone welded to their ear; anyone fancy trying to convince me that I need a mobile phone?
Thanks Ed for the information; I mentioned before that I set up my brothers first ever PC and he had also bought the security package with it at the time from PC World. I think the security was Norton. Had I been forced to use his computer with the security installed I would have thrown the lot in the bin as the security took over the computer. I stress I think it was Norton but whatever it was I didn't like it.
Many thanks Paula; you've provided lots of information that I've not been aware of and I'll study in more detail. As my brothers computer is on Sky I dumped the Norton and installed the free AVG which worked well in the background without taking over his computer. I use Virgin media security as it is free for a Virgin media customer and although it seems to take ages to load on boot up once it settles I don't know it's there; it upgrades I believe every 15 minutes and a message used to pop up at each upgrade but these messages no longer appear. It's ages since a virus got through and when it did it was detected and quickly removed.
Back to my original question of Desktop V Laptop; I'll wait until around Christmas then buy a new desktop. I'm currently setting my new office up in the hall and building a new computer desk. I would like to buy a new all in one printer to run alongside my recently new HP mono laser printer but I'm scared of parting with money for yet another printer that appears to be excellent value only to find once bought it bankrupts me due to constant cartridge demands. My Epson all in one is only connected now for its scanner; it was a huge disappointment and I'd rather do completely without a colour printer than make the same mistake again. I've also bought a 1TB external hard drive for backing up data and files and this was recommended to me by my chum Gary; I find this hard drive much more convenient than playing around with lots of single CD's. I do want to upgrade whilst sorting the new office out but I only want to have kit that will be useful to me. Money isn't a problem so I'm open to suggestions. Please bear in mind I know very little about modern electronics or their terms such as wi-fi; blackberry; blue tooth etc. Yes I still live in the dark ages but for me this has worked out extremely well; by not following like a sheep I retired aged 53 and have enjoyed 12 years retirement so far; I'm tight with brass but I will actually spend and spend freely if I get value for money. I'm not into texting or using a mobile phone as a computer or playing computer games.
I hope it warms up after dinner then I can potter around outside.
Kind regards, Col.
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