Computer woes
My iBook is up the creek again--not, this time, due to a faulty display chip. A CD has stuck in the drive and makes hideous grating noises whenever the computer tries to mount the disk. The drive will eject only about 10mm, and I'm forced to keep it in this position to prevent further damage.
At the moment I'm using our external CD burner as a disk drive. Luckily this isn't a problem which has to be fixed immediately. I think I shall send it off to repairs as and when it becomes a greater problem--say, if I hear ominous rattling noises when I turn the computer over.
We've also ordered a new computer (a luxury I can now afford, since I'm earning about £100 per week and spending it on very little). The Mac Mini, released by Apple about a month ago, has caught my eye as being ideal for us. It's inexpensive at £339, and although the 256MB of RAM it comes with is a little sparse, more can be bought with the computer. We've opted for the 1.25GHz model with 512MB RAM, and an 80MB hard disk. It'll be perfect to use with the existing monitor, keyboard and mouse setup we have from the old Windows machine that now resides in the loft.
My brother wants a new computer to store his digital photos on. He's using an iMac G3 with a 20GB hard disk that is almost full. Perhaps the logical thing would be to buy a new external hard disk, but I pointed out that the iMac isn't going to last forever, and for only a bit more money you can now buy a fully-featured Mac ... one which will hopefully last us for many years.
The great thing about Apple machines is how long they last. We've had the iMac for nearly five years now, and it hasn't had to be repaired once. The only upgrades it has required were extra memory and a more up-to-date operating system. My iBook is over a year old, and although I'll admit the logic board has failed twice (and the CD drive jammed), it's a good little machine. Hell, my dad's still running a PowerBook 190 (ten years old) that we bought second-hand ages ago. They just seem to keep on working.
But the Windows machine ... let's just say it seems to be rather fragile, with regards both to hardware and software, compared to the Macs. I would never rely on a Windows computer.
My iBook is up the creek again--not, this time, due to a faulty display chip. A CD has stuck in the drive and makes hideous grating noises whenever the computer tries to mount the disk. The drive will eject only about 10mm, and I'm forced to keep it in this position to prevent further damage.
At the moment I'm using our external CD burner as a disk drive. Luckily this isn't a problem which has to be fixed immediately. I think I shall send it off to repairs as and when it becomes a greater problem--say, if I hear ominous rattling noises when I turn the computer over.
We've also ordered a new computer (a luxury I can now afford, since I'm earning about £100 per week and spending it on very little). The Mac Mini, released by Apple about a month ago, has caught my eye as being ideal for us. It's inexpensive at £339, and although the 256MB of RAM it comes with is a little sparse, more can be bought with the computer. We've opted for the 1.25GHz model with 512MB RAM, and an 80MB hard disk. It'll be perfect to use with the existing monitor, keyboard and mouse setup we have from the old Windows machine that now resides in the loft.
My brother wants a new computer to store his digital photos on. He's using an iMac G3 with a 20GB hard disk that is almost full. Perhaps the logical thing would be to buy a new external hard disk, but I pointed out that the iMac isn't going to last forever, and for only a bit more money you can now buy a fully-featured Mac ... one which will hopefully last us for many years.
The great thing about Apple machines is how long they last. We've had the iMac for nearly five years now, and it hasn't had to be repaired once. The only upgrades it has required were extra memory and a more up-to-date operating system. My iBook is over a year old, and although I'll admit the logic board has failed twice (and the CD drive jammed), it's a good little machine. Hell, my dad's still running a PowerBook 190 (ten years old) that we bought second-hand ages ago. They just seem to keep on working.
But the Windows machine ... let's just say it seems to be rather fragile, with regards both to hardware and software, compared to the Macs. I would never rely on a Windows computer.
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