So, a few months ago, in June, I got a brand-new laptop. It is a Sony VAIO... something… something laptop, and it uses Windows 7 as its Operating System.
Personally, I love Windows XP much better than Vista or 7, and I could tell you I'm not the only one: the look of the desktop/toolbars, the ease of getting for point A to point B, the fact that most games still work on it, and the fact that some older games don't work on the later OS's are just a few reasons why.
Not only that, but the laptop is kind of built for Sony products, something’s I don't really have (such as a Playstaion 3).
So, you can tell where this is going.
I started using it when school started and so far, it's had about 4 problems. Allow me to list them off:
1. I've been attempting to get all of my "School-Worthy" Computer Games on the laptop. These games are older and can easily be played without a CD. That would include Starcraft, Unreal Tournament, Warcraft 3, Age of Empires 2, The Sims 1, etc. Unfortunately, this computer is made without any regard to the past, and they don't work... or at least, very well. Most of the time, the problem is solved by changing the compatibility to Windows XP Service Package. However, sometimes, the games just won't operate. Halo 1, for instance, just... isn't... working. The problem could easily be caused by the No-CD patches I get, but right now, I'm blaming Windows 7.
2. My trackpad is the worst thing ever. Every single thing about it spells "C-R-A-P". There is not one positive thing I can say.
Ok, so you have you trackpad, right? Where is it, basically?
Right in the middle of the entire laptop, right?
Well, some genius at Sony thought, "Derrr... let's... umm... put the trackpad all the way to the left, right under D and those letters. It's not like anyone uses those keys for anything Her Der!"
So, anytime I'd be typing, my wrist would touch the pad, move the cursor, magically click without telling me, highlight my work, and delete most of it while I continue to type. Great, eh?
Not only that, but the trackpad is self-conscience. It knows that I hate it, and it knows that it is in a stupid place. So therefore, it revolts by clicking whenever and wherever it feels like.
If I'd leave the trackpad alone for a moment, it'd click anywhere without warning. While trying to attempt to type ANYTHING, it's says "NOPE!" and just clicks and clicks and clicks. However, when it's not clicking, it thinks that it is holding down the mouse button, constantly dragging items from one point to another without me touching the buttons!
I finally resorted to disabling the trackpad and bringing a mouse to all my classes. This is a little inefficient, but at least this mouse isn't on permanent caffeine high.
3. Why does it have Norton Anti-Virus on it? Why does it expire? Why doesn't it last forever? Why is it such a damned annoyance? Why does it keep sending message after message telling me to spend $100 a week plus a kidney to re-activate it?
So therefore, I said, "Screw you, Norton. You smell, and you are useless. Get out of my face". I then got AVG Full Anti-Virus, and it is working... I think.
So, I should also blame my blind parents for purchasing a computer without any full programs on it, however, I'll blame Windows 7 again. BUT OH! This brings me to my main point here!
4. MICROSOFT FRIGGIN' WORD 2010 STARTER, YOU ARE A MESSENGER OF HELL AND YOUR PROGRAMMING WAS DOCUMENTED IN BRIMSTONE.
It really sucks that once you've paid $2,000 or so on a brand-new laptop which is going to be used for writing documents that you don't have the full Office package.
Not only that, but Microsoft thought it would be a great idea to have to force Office Starter to be continuously connected to the internet. See, I primarily use my laptop at High School, and the wireless server there is extremely restrictive as to what websites you can and cannot go to. Therefore, it sees Microsoft Office Starter as some sort of illegal action and stops it from connecting.
So, what happens is that when I'm going to right click a misspelled word, or when I go to add a chart, the entire program freezes. Not only that, but the auto-save feature freezes the program as well.
Do you know how annoying it is to re-write research notes for the Yakuza after 20 or so minutes of work, only the have the same program fail again?
It's lead me to hate Office 2010, resort to using Notepad, and just do my homework at home on my nice, clean, 7 year old Windows XP computer that has had no Office problems. But the problem is, I get really distracted home and can't fully do much work without resorting to playing some sort of video game. So therefore, my work output for this year has become very poor.
And that is why, mommy and daddy, you have to get me a new computer. No wait, don't do that. Just give me $800 and allow me to do it myself. At least then I'd know what I'm doing and not put the fate of my education lie in the hands of an unproductive, stupid computer.
This has been another Grievance List entry. Thanks for your time.
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