the new computer

three weeks ago, i was told i was going to get a new computer, as mine was apparently quite old. fine by me. until i got it. it's a bit of a disaster. 

as we mostly work on a distant server, the system has a tendency to crash a few times a day. for me, it's generally about 3/4 times. but within 20 minutes, the new computer had already crashed 4 times and it had taken me all that time to write a 2-line email as everything kept stopping. i finally got it to stop doing that when i connected the internet cable, which the IT guy had said was useless as the wifi was excellent. i beg to differ.  the drop down menus also caused some problems: although i could get them to appear, clicking on any of the commands didn't work. i couldn't flag anything or categorise or change text colour, highlight or all these other things that we take for granted. thank god i use a lot of shortcut keys so i could at least copy/paste.

then i discovered that although the IT guy said i was set up to print it didn't actually work. and of course, he'd forgotten to set up the internet phone system, so i couldn't call or pick up the phone either. on top of that, the computer runs on Windows 8, which is just weird - as all new systems are the first time around, to be fair, but i ended up on some shopping window that i just couldn't get out of and when i finally managed, couldn't close down. it also took me 10 mns to figure out how to turn off the damn thing - and i tend to be quite computer savvy. i definitely need an induction session. 

the bad news is that the IT guy is off on Monday, so i have another whole day of things being useless to look forward to!