about 3 weeks
with my new hp laptop
nothing to be excited about
the old one was almost killing me
or was it the other way round
I killed him
at first the charger was spoilt
so I replaced a new charger
then the Wi-Fi wasn’t working
so I bought a USB Wi-Fi adapter
thinking everything was solved
then the LCD screen was dead
nothing can be done
the screen was just dead
pitch dark no nothing
and everything happened
within a month
at the very first month
I was going freelance on
full time basis
I know right, what a luck
probably should be dead
some time ago
because there was this crack
at the side which got
larger and larger
after a great fall
some years ago
you can basically see
what’s in there
at the LCD screen
so I have to get a new one
I didn’t even get it from
a computer store
just a home appliance store will do
the one I am used to
I think the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
pretty much applies here
you get less excitement
when you get a second tablet
same here for the
second and third laptop
it’s for working purpose
it’s a replacement so that
my work wouldn’t be interrupted
the only concern is of course
the data in my old dead laptop
the photos especially
this was my very first time to
dissemble a hard disk
I have never even owned
a external hard disk
bought an enclosure and
there you go
everything in there is intact
thank goodness
it works
so this is Window 8.1
I hate the Start screen
despite it being blue
like it’s too casual to be true
my Window is for working purpose
give me back my proper Start Menu
so the first thing I did with my new
Window 8.1 laptop is to download
a tiny plug-in to make your
Window 8 to run Start Menu in the
good old classic way
therefore after 3 weeks into
using Window 8.1
I can’t tell its major differences
from Window 7
since I refused to switch
by the way
one major problem
I found with my new lappy is
the Menu a.k.a. Application key is missing
I don’t know about others
the Menu key which stays between
the right alt and ctrl keys
I used it quite often
as the right click alternative
for the display of menus
and now they are telling me
the alternative to Menu key is
left shift + f10
roar…
then perhaps
I will stick to right click
on the mouse instead
one thing stays
from Window XP to Window 7 to 8.1
I have been using this wallpaper since forever
I know it’s kinda messy
but when I switched to an all plain wallpaper
I found my eyes did not know
where to look for file because
it’s too clean
these three-eyes buddies
you shall come along
no matter where I go
end of the days of being worried
my lappy screen may collapse anytime
it needs to be supported with a bottle or something
it has to be flip-closed with great care