The new computer came in a couple of days ago, decided to wait until today to set it up.
So here I am, taking everything out of the box. No monitor cable included, I have extras, neither style works. Lol, ok. Looks like I can unhook the other monitor I was still going to use for this computer until I can get the files transferred.
No biggies there, but there are no instructions anywhere. So, I hook up the power cord and turn it on. Immediately hear the fan inside the computer making a noise consistent with it rubbing against something. There is a glass panel on one side with 4 screws on it, I take those off. Inside is a huge piece of foam apparently to protect it during transport.
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Many hours later. Pulled that new computer out of the box, couldn't find any instructions so I just set the thing up and turned it on. Immediately a loud noise started coming from inside the computer itself. Huh? I turned it back off. There is a very dark tinted glass panel on one side. I unscrewed that and lo and behold, there was a giant piece of foam stuffed in there presumably for shipping purposes and the instructions.
The instructions tell you to remove that foam before turning on the computer. Why oh why would they put instructions inside the cabinet? They are not visible at all from the outside of the computer and it's just plain stupidity. Anyway, I got the foam out, the instructions on what to do and then fired it up and yes, this entry is now being made from the new computer. There is a lot of setup you have to go through and is probably why I haven't bought a new one before now. I'm not a fan of the keyboard that came with it. I will probably go to walmart and see about finding a much plainer thing that is functional instead of this ridiculous nonsense.
I do know how to type, very well in fact, but keyboard setups can disrupt the efficiency.
I"m going to keep the old computer set up for now as well. I have 2 monitors so that isn't a problem. Not to mention the new computer wouldn't fit where the old one is. I am keeping it because it has my old files on it and downloading the files to the external memory device is going to be painfully slow and tedious. I want to see if I can hook a cable up to both computers and transfer memory that way or transfer it through cloud. Cloud would actually be the easiest but I doubt computer files are stored in there.
I am also charging up the mouse I bought to go along with this thing. I am elated that this computer has built in wifi, a thing my old one doesn't have and also bluetooth. It came with antennas to screw into the back of the thing as well and it's working perfectly.
It appears the Microsoft transferred at least some information through cloud and also signing into Google helped.
The temp right now is 31 degrees and only slated to get up to 36 . I need to go over to the property and clean up Trey's mess. The new guy is moving in tomorrow.
That is all for now, just updating that the new computer is functioning very nicely and currently uploading stuff onto it.
