I am just about at my wit's end with my desk top HP computer running Vista. I have had this thing for just over two years, and it has never been reiable. In the middle of things, the BSOD (blue screen of death) appears and the thing craps out. Sometimes it takes a long time to coax it back to life. Eventually, however, I get the damn thing going again. It happened again recently. I plan to take it in to the healers to see if anything can be done. I am not convinced whether it is a software or a hardware problem.

So, I decided to go up to Baybrook Mall and visit the snotty people at the Apple store. I really hate their commercials. Anyway, I walked in when the doors opened and spent about half an hour with a salesperson. I have to admit that their machines are rather attractive and, apparently, high performing. I asked tons of questions and pretty much convinced myself that this might be the way to go. There is one REALLY BIG catch, however. I would have to replace a lot of software. They have Mac versions of just about everything, of course.

Since I mainly use the computer for photo stuff, I had to find out about Lightroom and Photoshop conversion. I called Adobe, and guess what. No problem, except that you can't have both Mac and PC versions. You gotta choose. If you want to run on both platforms, you have to buy software for both. Since the other computers in the house (3 of them) are working just fine, this presents a problem. Now I gotta think a lot and see if I can get the desk top working reliably. If so, I will stick it out with the PC platform.

Keep tuned, film at 11.