Hi folks,
I ordered a new cable. It was cheap ($1.99 plus free expedited shipping). It should be here Wednesday.
I hope that resolves the problem.
If it doesn't, then I'll probably need a new computer.
Meepzorp
This thread is exasperating.
I'm sorry Meepzorp but you already need a new computer in my opinion. You say you have learned a lot and you have spent a lot of time asking for advice - and the advice that you need a new computer is the overwhelming consensus of opinion here. As far as I can see you are trying to cross the Atlantic in a bathtub because you won't invest in a proper boat.
Furthermore your pictures are still way too dark - they might look okay to you which is great but if the majority of visitors to your website are using modern equipment and are confronted with page after page of dark circular featureless blobs they won't hang about for long.
I am really sorry to be so blunt but you have asked for advice and rather than just being nicey nicey about it all which really won't help you much I am trying to let you see how it is from my, and I think many other people's perspective.
I really hope that you won't be too offended, I am just saying what I feel and I wish you all the best in your endeavour.
Alex
Hi Alex and folks,
As I mentioned above, I am "working on it" (getting a new computer).
When you wrote this post (above), I was already in the process of looking into getting a new computer. I
had already discussed it with my family
members twice. Not once, but twice.
After reading your post (and Joe's and Akro's posts immediately under yours), I
had a third discussion about this issue with my family
members. But this time, I discussed it with more urgency, and I was more emphatic.
You must understand that it is not just me involved in this decision. I am not the only one who uses this computer. My niece uses it quite a
bit, and my sister uses it occasionally. And I
had to get everyone "on board" (to borrow from your boat analogy above
).
After my third discussion with my family
members (my mother, sister, niece, etc), we agreed that I should get a new computer. Not a used one, a brand new one. At one point, we were looking into the possibility of my sister
buying my niece a brand new computer, and then my sister giving me my niece's current computer, which is now about 3-4 years old. By the way, that's how I got the computer I am using right now, which is now about 8 years old. But we discarded that idea and decided that I should get a brand new computer.
I am scheduled to
pick it up in a few hours,
health permitting, of course.
This is the model I think I am getting:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-15-6-laptop-amd-a6-series-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/4221508.p?id=1219708599663&skuId=4221508By the way, I really appreciate your (and Joe's and Akro's) bluntness. I am the same way. It helped to drive the point
home to both me and my family
members.
Meepzorp