A Death in the Family

My computer died last week and until I get my new one set up, I am using my laptop. I still don't know all that I lost on the dead computer. I guess I won't know until I need some file and realize it went down with the ship.

I had backed everything up about a year ago and I always back up my writing daily, so whatever I lost probably isn't that bad.

I have decided that this is the perfect time to clear out my writing room. It has gotten more and more congested with each new book. Let's just say there is a path through boxes of papers to my computer desk. I thought I would have the new computer set up by now, but cleaning out the room is more time consuming than I thought. What can I say, I keep reading over things and admiring treasures I'm finding buried in all the stuff. I found some money, too.

The computer that died was old by computer standards. So old, I can't remember when I got it. Not like the old days with typewriters. But then everything electronic is obsolete as you walk out of the store. I think of that every time I look at my clunky Kindle.

I admit that playing with an IPad in an Apple store was fun, but buy one? No way. I learned my lesson with the Kindle. Wait awhile. At least until they stop coming out with a new generation of it every few months.

I hope when I finally get my computer set up it has a long and useful life. I don't have to have the newest shiny toy in the electronic department. So, even when it's obsolete by other people's standards,I won't replace it until I have to. Though I'm definitely going take Terri's advice and get drop box. I'm also going to get some kind of automatic backup.

How do you feel about being sold devices that are outdated in a short time?