my 4 year old old laptop
has been making noise literally
and recently escalated
“system fan is out of order”
is the first thing greeting me
whenever i turn it on
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in fact it may be around
for quite some time
i hardly shut down
only on sleep mode
unless the battery is flat
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so it was quite a fast process
it took me one night to survey
and saw the specific model
i wanted will be on flash sale
next morning
and there you go
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same old HP
because this has been pretty reliable
for the past 4 years
and 15.6” still
as i don’t think i can survive
without the numeric keypad
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good thing that
it got delivered on a Saturday
have been trying day and night
to transfer files from
old to new laptop
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Homegroup no longer exists
transferring via software
seems weird because
the total size doesn’t tally
couldn’t find my external hard disk
and thumb drive will take forever
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and finally this works
https://techwiser.com/how-to-connect-pc-to-pc-lan-cable/
transferring via LAN cable
it seems complicated at first glance
but it isn’t
fast and reliable
thanks….. really
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it’s kinda disappointing how
those good old things are
slowly disappearing
from Windows
other than HomeGroup
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first
Window Photo Editor
Window Live Writer
(now blogging from Open Live Writer)
Google Chinese Input is no longer supported
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the Taiwanese input
has this funny name called
Microsoft Bomofomo
seriously??
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i don’t think Control Panel
is still around as well
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and it feels annoying
when opening up to a Start menu
which is pre-installed with paid content
Netflix, Agoda, Spotify
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and of course
before installing Chrome
now where is Internet Explorer
oh it’s dead
replaced with Microsoft Edge
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and Skype is now
part of Microsoft Office
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well maybe it’s just me
the old schooler
resisting the change
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anyway
thank goodness
i found the way to
transfer data the good old way
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it’s a good time
for me to clear those
many folders named
“Misc”, “Unsorted”
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the amount of data
from an old desktop
two generations of laptop
a couple of phones
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one last question here
if laptop is getting more similar
to a mobile phone
how i wish it does have a
one-touch clone function
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sorry
getting a bit too grumpy
over the time wasted
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