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Frustrated with my new computer

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I’ve been spending so much time over the last couple of weeks trying to get my new laptop computer going that I’m about ready to put the new laptop aside or even send it back. I’m so frustrated with it.

The keyboard alone is driving me nuts! The shift key on the left hand side makes the cursor jump up a paragraph every once in a while, you know, when you use the shift key to capitalize a letter and then all of a sudden your cursor is in the middle of the paragraph above … what???? I don’t know if it’s the keyboard acting up or if I’m unknowingly hitting a key and causing the cursor to jump upward every once in a while. It’s so odd.

I think I am just going to put the computer aside for the night. My friend wants me to read these oxyelite pro reviews for her, then I’m going to bed. I think I’ll sleep in tomorrow.

I’m really enjoying my iPod

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I’m really enjoying having an iPod. I’ve only had the iPod Touch for about a week and a half, but wow … what a blast!

I only wish I’d bought one sooner.

It’s not like I didn’t think about getting one years ago … I just didn’t see the need for one up until now. Now that we have a dog and I can see using it when we take her out for walks etc well … Actually since we got the iPod I’ve used it while I’ve been cooking, cleaning, working on the computer, when I’ve been out in the backyard with the dog and so on.

Now that I’m all hooked up with an iPod maybe I should think about getting a new cellphone too? Maybe a blackberry or an iPhone? I’ll have to look into both types and see if I like either of them I suppose.

Shopping for a Laptop computer

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My husband and I will be doing a lot of shopping around this weekend. Yes, I’ve just decided that it’s going to be a comparison shopping weekend.

I was just saying on my main blog that I’m pretty sure that I need to get a new Laptop. The problem is that I don’t know what I want to get. By this I mean I don’t know what brand I want to buy nor do I know whether I want a pc or a Mac. I’ve never had a Mac, but I’ve been toying with the idea of buying a Mac for years now .. so now might be the time to get one.

The only other problem is that we’re perpetually short on money … I think we need an easy personal loan or maybe we should buy some lottery tickets! Yes .. that’s an idea!

Did you take advantage of New Year sales?

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The new year is here. How many of you took advantage of end of the year or even better – New Year Sales? Did you shop ’till you dropped in the last week of 2010 and the first of 2011? Or did you shop online?

We’re in a real budget crunch so I didn’t go nuts spending money at at any of the big sales. Oh and there was some good ones here in Toronto! Boxing day sales are the best! I really had to hold myself back from buying a new 8 mg flip camcorder when I saw it online for a really good price. A friend of mine wants a new rack mount lcd so I’m keeping my eye out for deals but otherwise I didn’t end up buying anything other than a Belgium waffle maker.

So .. did you buy anything at any of the big after Christmas or new year sales? What did you buy?

Thinking about getting a new cellphone

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I think it’s almost time to look into getting a new cell phone.

I have a Nokia smartphone … from 2006, back when Smartphones were just new. It’s a nice phone and it was free since it was given to me by a local marketing company … but I’ve never been able to get text messaging to work properly on this phone.

I can receive text messages but I can’t send any. I’ve gone over the manual and had my cell phone company take a look and still no luck. The worst thing is that I have a package that includes text messaging and it’s a function that I’m not using since I can’t send text.

So .. now I’m trying to decide what type of cellphone I might want to get. I don’t have a huge need for media browsing or texting – but it would still be nice to have a phone that could do everything just in case I wanted to start using those functions.

Maybe an iPhone? I like the iPhone but I’d worry about my husband loosing it. He lost our first cell phone! I think he left it in a taxi cab. Hmmm maybe if we were to get an iPhone I’d have to look into iphone insurance or something.

Anyway … if anyone has a cellphone suggestion I’d love to hear it. We don’t use our cell phone all that often. We mostly use it to talk on on weekends and to take a few pictures. So something that would fit those basics would be great.

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