A Death and a New Baby

I hope that post title isn't too alarming for anyone. This is who died:

Merry Mac was a Mac iBook, about three years old. She's been ill for a couple of years. Memory issues, among other things. Lately she'd begun having random seizures, fainting at the drop of a hat. So sad. I couldn't trust her to do anything.
Adam had been asking to get me a new computer for a couple of months. He knew I was frustrated. But if there's one thing I hate (much) worse than a crashy computer, it's spending money! Especially when we've got lots of expenses happening. So  I said, "Thank you but no," even when he got the children to chip in birthday money to help pay for it. Because I'm cheap that way. (sigh)
Finally, I'd had enough! Too much crashy stuff happening! I was restarting six times a day.

So here's the new baby in the house! And because we waited, it was $100 cheaper. This little tablet, designed by Quantum View (Who are they? What -- not Apple???) only cost us $160. It's a 10.1" screen with a magnetic attachment to the keyboard. The case shapes into a back support for the screen.

It's faster and in all ways superior to that pathetic, short-lived Mac product. And this one may be short-lived too, but at least it didn't cost $1000. Ugh.

In addition to retiring the iBook, I've slowly stopped using this camera too, which is sad. When Adam bought me a cheap smart phone at Christmas, it changed my photographing world.

Honestly, the whole world is changing to phones. I spoke with a friend this week who is a social media pro and does great pictures, editing, and website work. She does it ALL from her phone. She doesn't have to take a computer on her trips. If she has her phone in her pocket, she can do it all. Because of smart phones, all larger computing products are plummeting in price ... thus, my cheap tablet. Oh -- I forgot to say, the screen removes and is a tablet with a rotating  image, and it's a touch screen. First touch screen computer I've had! Woohoo!
Now if I can just get used to this itty-bitty keyboard ....