New Computers at Work

[trickykitty]

We've upgraded finally to fancy flat panel montiors, MS Office 2007 with all the new toys they have with that, horrible keyboards with built in credit card scanners, and IE7. I finally get tabbed browsing and a mouse that includes a scroll wheel. Trying to get used to the new Office menus is a bit annoying and the internet page loading time has actually trippled in slowness from what it was before.

I hate this damned keyboard. I'm making typos like never before because the keys don't register when I click on them. I'm going to have to go shopping for a USB adapter for my old keyboard and just keep this one handy for when I need to scan credit cards, which back here in my office is practically never.

So, all in all, there's some good and some bad with getting these new systems.

EDIT: The IT guy told me that we actually kept the new Dell keyboards that come with these systems and just decided to buy extras of the shit keyboards. He also commented where he stored them in our building and that he can't be responsible for what happens to the computers after he's gone. I'z a happy typist now.

Comments

[dream-endless.livejournal.com]

New toys are always fun. (except for the keyboard.)


:D

[trickykitty.livejournal.com]

The keyboard and internet connection are the worst.

I can't wait to play with the conditional formatting that comes with Excel 2007. I saw a preview of it an it looks like fun extra work that I don't have time for but can use to may advantage. ;)

[txcowpatties.livejournal.com]

I love the new Office - wait til you see all the cool things it will now do that it hasnt done in the past.

Let me know if you need a copy for home use