Lament of the Computers

I'm having computer challenges. I have two old computers, both of which are on their last legs. Between the two of them, I can usually do everything I need to or want to, although it often involves negotiating two mice and keyboards, 'cause half of what I'm doing is on one computer and half is on the other. It's pretty ridiculous. I mean, program A is now broken on the Beast, but works on the iMac, but only in some situations. Program B is broken on the iMac but works on the Beast.

On top of all this, the Beast was starting to have computer seizures, which mostly involved complete screen freakouts in neon colors and streaks and shapes that resemble what I can only imagine a really bad acid trip might be like.

So, I bought a new computer. A beautiful MacBook Pro that is sitting like an idol in a special place on my desk. And now, one week after receiving it (and, conveniently enough, right after I transferred all of my music permissions etc to that computer), it has gone into a computer coma. It's an electronic vegetable. So now I'm back to negotiation between the iMac and the Beast, but I can't listen to most of my music, and a bunch of new files for school that I had downloaded are on life support just waiting for someone to pull the plug.

Sigh. Time for a trip to the Mac store.