Susan1
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Server Guy - just the name I need!!!!! It's about time!
So, before I hit your quotes - everybody else who has been helping - I went to the library. They have Office 2013 - no computer classes at Miami Township till September. West Carrollton, where that guy I liked taught the classes (of course I don't remember his name, but he would have a real job elsewhere) is closed. And the library clerk who taught the classes at Miamisburg is snooty (graduated from Miamisburg three years after me), so I won't be asking her.
Sidebar - The library has laptops to take out. Didn't want to ask any stupid questions, but would those be portable that you wouldn't have to plug in? Would the "wirelessness" of my cable work with that. The t.v. in the family room is wireless. Obviously the power is plugged in, but it's not connected to the cable box. (Yes, we've already established that I'm a stupid old person. I just have an empty place in my head where technology refuses to go!)
He steered me to an All-in-One "spaceship". Geez. I think I actually said "geez" out loud. Can you imagine if something goes wrong with any of it. It's like the old combination phone/answering machines. Or a copier/scanner/fax. One part goes you're SOL.
They all had these loose keyboards (still don't know how that works - what if whatever makes it wireless goes bad?) the size and thickness of a piece of bread, and mice. If I had to get a wireless mouse, the white ones are long and skinny! It felt pretty good. Anyway, I said I don't need a keyboard or a mouse or a monitor, so we went to the desktops.
I wrote the rest on an actual piece of paper with an old fashioned pen - Lenovo 310S-08ASR ? Desktop $349.99 w/o office. Miracle of Miracles, while he was writing I was looking at the others and it was the cheapest one they have and I didn't even have to wear a gray wig and call him "sonny boy". It had 4 stars. I will look it up later though.
Since I had just been at the library, I asked if I could use Office 2013 if I bought that instead of Office 365 and he ASKED ME if it was compatible with Windows 10. so, HA.
I'll make better notes and go see what Office Depot has next week.
So, before I hit your quotes - everybody else who has been helping - I went to the library. They have Office 2013 - no computer classes at Miami Township till September. West Carrollton, where that guy I liked taught the classes (of course I don't remember his name, but he would have a real job elsewhere) is closed. And the library clerk who taught the classes at Miamisburg is snooty (graduated from Miamisburg three years after me), so I won't be asking her.
Sidebar - The library has laptops to take out. Didn't want to ask any stupid questions, but would those be portable that you wouldn't have to plug in? Would the "wirelessness" of my cable work with that. The t.v. in the family room is wireless. Obviously the power is plugged in, but it's not connected to the cable box. (Yes, we've already established that I'm a stupid old person. I just have an empty place in my head where technology refuses to go!)
Spaceships! I wish I would have read this post before I went to Best Buy. I was just wandering around the laptops and a "young whippersnapper" (not enough HAs to cover that one) came over and I completely forgot what I was trying to say windows/office/2010 etc. I wasn't planning on going there without things written down. I looked like a flustered, hot idiot. (81*/83* heat index, you'd think it would be nicer than the 107* heat index yesterday, but I had to drive through mall traffic from the library and the air conditioning doesn't get that cold in 10 minutes.)Focus on the basics before investing in docking stations, keyboards, spaceships, etc.
He steered me to an All-in-One "spaceship". Geez. I think I actually said "geez" out loud. Can you imagine if something goes wrong with any of it. It's like the old combination phone/answering machines. Or a copier/scanner/fax. One part goes you're SOL.
They all had these loose keyboards (still don't know how that works - what if whatever makes it wireless goes bad?) the size and thickness of a piece of bread, and mice. If I had to get a wireless mouse, the white ones are long and skinny! It felt pretty good. Anyway, I said I don't need a keyboard or a mouse or a monitor, so we went to the desktops.
I don't "bank" online. Sometimes I make sure payment I have to mail, like car insurance, cleared before I get my statement, but that is all. And I turn off the whole computer afterwards. My personal record keeping is in Excel.sitting on Windows XP is just compromising your security at this point, especially if you're actually using the machine for things like internet banking, etc.
Oops, that's the one thing I didn't ask. He wrote down the model and I was going to look up stuff when I got home. They didn't have any of those spec sheets that you take with you like Office Depot. He said I could take a picture of the specs on the wall, but I had to be a dinosaur (after saying I had Windows XP and Office 2000) and tell him I didn't have a cell phone. A new computer certainly is going to have a lot of memory, right?Rule of thumb, something with 4GB+ of RAM / memory is a good start.
I wrote the rest on an actual piece of paper with an old fashioned pen - Lenovo 310S-08ASR ? Desktop $349.99 w/o office. Miracle of Miracles, while he was writing I was looking at the others and it was the cheapest one they have and I didn't even have to wear a gray wig and call him "sonny boy". It had 4 stars. I will look it up later though.
One terabyte (TB?) of storage. All of their computers only come with Windows 10. It had the little round colored ports (ungeek speak) so I could plug in my mouse and keyboard!!!!!!! I don't know about the big monitor plug. My mind was racing all over the place. He said they have adapters.Anything upward of 500GB
You'll also want Office 2016 Home and Student edition. That'll net you Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Yup - Office 365 (2016) is $50 for the first year, then automatically renews at $70 the next year, who knows after that. It has all the office stuff and Outlook. And there is one without Outlook for $150 straight out. (which probably has to be upgraded to something else after a year anyway!) What does anybody at home use Powerpoint for? Students I guess would make presentations for class? For awhile I was updating org charts every month. And typing every meeting presentation for everybody. I used to have to inbed Excel charts. Other than that, nothing. At Nat City, we had Powerpoint, but I don't remember using it. The department secretary had Publisher for department birthday/holiday, etc. calendars and announcements and stuff, so they let me get it after I did the calendars while she was on sick leave and I got so many compliments, she said I could do them from then on.Office 365 which nets you more programs but I'd stay away, seems wasteful for your needs.
Since I had just been at the library, I asked if I could use Office 2013 if I bought that instead of Office 365 and he ASKED ME if it was compatible with Windows 10. so, HA.
You'll probably need a flash drive
He said they do the set up and transfer and all that stuff. I didn't want to know how much it costs, but I would be scared to death to do anything at home by myself. But I don't want to take my computer and leave it and not know what they mess up though.you can pay someone to do it for you
I'll make better notes and go see what Office Depot has next week.
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