I apologize in advance but this is just a tiny rant of mine. Listen, when you have a new computer, a new electronic device, etc. there is always the possibility, even if it’s brand new, that it will go bad. Why? There’s no good reason why other than the quality of the product or perhaps it was just an error from the factory. These things, unfortunately, happen. There is nothing you can do and it’s just the luck of the draw.
You can, however, lessen your chances of receiving a bunk product. You can do a little research, and make a sound decision by investing (spending a lot of money) on a higher end laptop or electronic item. Now I’m not saying that just because it’s a high priced item it won’t fail, that’s not the case either. I’m saying, do some research, stay away from crap products that have horrible reviews and please, just please, don’t be surprised if you happen to buy something and within a few months, it dies. These things happen. Look at life for instance. Nothing is guaranteed. You could die tomorrow, I could die tomorrow, the world could conceivably end tomorrow as well. NOTHING is certain well, except death.
I am finally making use of my extra Dell PC that I had lying around. I installed XP Pro onto it and also installed VMWare Workstation. I just installed Ubuntu last night and plan on installing a lot more virtual machines.
I really want to get up to date with Windows Server and how to break/configure/fix the OS. There’s no future in just fixing PCs all day long, that’s my honest opinion. Eventually you have to evolve or fall off and find some other mediocre job. I plan to do the former and get up to date with whatever network topologies I need to. That being said, I really want to take the Network+ exam. The only bad thing is it’s quite the penny. Maybe I should set a goal of taking and passing it by the year’s end.
There are a lot of changes coming up to my work schedule so I don’t know if that’s even possible but if it is, I’ll be sure to at least attempt it.
Nothing much going on at the shop, just the normal spyware/virus removal. I highly recommend not opening any attachments from anyone that claims to be either a greeting card or an e-mail stating that you signed up for a user name and password. Those are making the rounds right now and are pretty nasty.