Old Faithful was finally giving up the ghost - it was a good workhorse computer, but it was having problems restarting and the battery would no longer charge, so it's being relegated to another room as a backup spare, and we brought in the "new hotness". Essentially the same computer, just 3 or 4 years newer (the HP Envy 17", if anyone is interested.)
There are a few superficial differences - rather than Beats audio, it's Bang and Olufsen (sounds the same to these ears), the power cord is on the left side rather than the right, I'm going to have to convince the new hotness that no, Microsoft Edge is not my preferred browser no matter how much Gates is bribing you to think so... but the main issue is my monitor.
See, I don't really use my laptop as a laptop. I use it as a component for the DeciPrise 5000 - I've got a separate keyboard/trackball/monitor that I hook in because I hate trying to type on a chicklet array or mouse around using my finger, and my eyes are bad enough that I *need* a 27" monitor and sometimes that's not enough. I've got it all set up on a roll around table that is the perfect height for my comfy armchair - it's probably an ergonomic monster for anyone else, but for someone who is online pretty much 18 hours out of the day, it works really well. Especially since when I was still working from home, I could just unplug my home laptop, plug in my work laptop and keep going... Until...
The new hotness only has two dongle slots (I know, they've got a technical name, but they're dongle slots) and no VGA slot. There's an HDMI slot, but my monitor is not set for HDMI because I've had it just about as long as the "old busted" laptop. I've got an adapter ordered and coming in, but for the next couple of days, I'm going to be squinting. A lot. So please be patient about any misspellings - I can't really tell the difference between letters, and I'm going to be relying on touch typing a lot.
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