Friday Favorites: COMPUTERS!

My computer died sometime overnight on Monday. It worked - albeit grudgingly, moaning and groaning and generally acting like the crotchety 5-years-ancient thing that it was - Monday evening, but when we tried to turn it on Tuesday morning, nothing.

So: I need a new one. And as we have already established, I am a Twenty-First Century Caveperson.

So, A SURVEY! Because you guys are the best, and because you all probably know way more about this stuff than I do. Also, the Hubster and the F-i-L know lots, but they also have to spend hours and hours tinkering and tweaking, and I do not want to do that, so do I really want to trust them? Hmmm. I think not.

First: Mac or PC? If PC, what make/brand/whatever? Intel i3, or dual-core processor?

Second: Hate it, Like it, Love it?

Third: Best thing about your computer?

Fourth: Worst thing about your computer?

That's it! four little qustions. (Okay, that first one was a doozy. Sorry about that. But it was all necesary.) Can you guys help a gal out? Pretty please?

Have a great weekend!

iPad, youPad...

I had the opportunity to take a friend's iPad for a test drive over the weekend, and I never thought I'd see myself type this, but...

I kind of liked it.


I like the screen size, and the size of the keyboard. I like the screen itself. I like the ease of internet browsing. I even like a lot of the apps. (And after learning that there is a Fast-Food Nutrition Information app, a Breastfeeding app, a whole whack of Workout apps, an app for reading every newspaper, and a zillion others, I am convinced that there is an app for everything. Prove me wrong. I dare you.)


So, I'm asking you: Do you have an iPad? Why or why not? What do you see as the pros and cons?