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Yes, this will be boring for people who don't over-focus on their computer tools. I was perfectly happy with Windows 7, but since I am being forced to make the switch I now feel compelled to spend the next week learning everything I possibly can about this new thing and customizing it in every way possible. I gather that most people just take the default configuration and learn to live with it, but what can I say? I'm the type that actually reads User Manuals. Not that modern computers even come with a User Manual. Some poor fool still has to write one, but the result no longer gets printed on paper and shipped with the product. Am I the only person on the planet that heaves a sigh of frustration when I see the tiny bit of folded paper labeled "Setup Instructions" and immediately goes to the manufacturer's website to download the User Manual? Yeah, probably.
In brief, my new computer is a Lenovo X1 Carbon Thinkpad. It's a lot like my current Lenovo but thinner, faster, with more RAM and a larger hard drive. Beth, it's very much like your Yoga Thinkpad but without the 360-degree hinge. It's sleek and fast and the fingerprint reader actually WORKS on this one, which is an improvement over the old one. But the biggest improvement is the touchpad, which is FANTASTIC. I have been trying unsuccessfully to get comfortable with a touchpad for 20 years, and this is the first one I've actually been able to use without having the urge to pick up the laptop and sling it across the room. It's sensitive and precise and actually has 3 buttons you can see without having to find pretend buttons hidden somewhere under the touchpad. But it turns out that I don't need them after all because the gesture shortcuts work so well. One-finger tap for left-click, two-finger tap for right-click, and two-finger drag for scrolling. Those were perfect right out of the box. I configured three-finger tap to take me directly to the all-purpose search box (probably the best new feature in Windows 10). None of that will matter much once I get set up with a docking station, but it's making the transition phase a lot more pleasurable than I expected.
This computer has a touch screen, something I didn't particularly care about and probably won't use much. However, I have been using it a lot during computer setup to move icons around on the desktop and drag files from one folder to another. Drag and drop is easy with a mouse, but I still find it awkward with even an excellent touchpad.
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In other news, I managed to start the day by dropping a raw egg on the floor after I had it in the pan and starting to cook, a marvel of klutziness that I don't think I have ever achieved before. Somehow I bumped the handle of the frying pan in such a way that it flipped the egg into the air and back down onto the front of the stove where it slid all the way down to the floor, leaving a mess behind it like a suicidal giant snail. To make matters worse, it was the last egg in the house. Not the most auspicious start to the day.
In brief, my new computer is a Lenovo X1 Carbon Thinkpad. It's a lot like my current Lenovo but thinner, faster, with more RAM and a larger hard drive. Beth, it's very much like your Yoga Thinkpad but without the 360-degree hinge. It's sleek and fast and the fingerprint reader actually WORKS on this one, which is an improvement over the old one. But the biggest improvement is the touchpad, which is FANTASTIC. I have been trying unsuccessfully to get comfortable with a touchpad for 20 years, and this is the first one I've actually been able to use without having the urge to pick up the laptop and sling it across the room. It's sensitive and precise and actually has 3 buttons you can see without having to find pretend buttons hidden somewhere under the touchpad. But it turns out that I don't need them after all because the gesture shortcuts work so well. One-finger tap for left-click, two-finger tap for right-click, and two-finger drag for scrolling. Those were perfect right out of the box. I configured three-finger tap to take me directly to the all-purpose search box (probably the best new feature in Windows 10). None of that will matter much once I get set up with a docking station, but it's making the transition phase a lot more pleasurable than I expected.
This computer has a touch screen, something I didn't particularly care about and probably won't use much. However, I have been using it a lot during computer setup to move icons around on the desktop and drag files from one folder to another. Drag and drop is easy with a mouse, but I still find it awkward with even an excellent touchpad.
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In other news, I managed to start the day by dropping a raw egg on the floor after I had it in the pan and starting to cook, a marvel of klutziness that I don't think I have ever achieved before. Somehow I bumped the handle of the frying pan in such a way that it flipped the egg into the air and back down onto the front of the stove where it slid all the way down to the floor, leaving a mess behind it like a suicidal giant snail. To make matters worse, it was the last egg in the house. Not the most auspicious start to the day.
