New Computer

So The Man bought the family a new computer.  It is a Lenovo ideacentre thing.  It has a 20" screen, ultragorgeous pixel-y screen prettiness.  An intel Core 13 processor.  And scads of awesome games you can play.  It even comes with joysticks that you can put ON SCREEN because it's a touch screen computer!  AND it has a 2 hour battery life, so you can unplug it and not worry about it dying on you right away.  Even accidentally.  However.....

It sucks as a computer.  I got over the fact that Microsoft Windows apps are all stuck together like a mish-mosh of trash in honey.  I got over not having a start menu (though they say the Lenovo added one, but it seems to do nothing for me).  I learned how to download apps from the store, get online, and even download MS Office as a trial. 

Downloading Office took 5 tries and 3 restarts....and I am still not sure I have all of it.  I usually use the internet for looking at pictures of cats, my blog, and facebook.  Firefox crashes every time.  I haven't tried IE because if Firefox crashes.....IE won't even start up.  I have Windown OS 8.0, and it keeps telling me to update to 8.1, but my sister, whom I trust, said not to download it.

The MS Store doesn't even connect now.  I have fiber optic internets through Uverse.  My phone, the kids' phones, and the old 2007 laptop all connect just fine to the new fangled router.  But this computer....can't access facebook, can't connect to the store.....all I can play is flappy bird and even then my high score is 6.  SIX.  It's like a brand new iPhone or something.....wait, no, a brand new Windows phone where all I can do is play games already on the device.

When The Man comes home for a visit, I sure hope his computer-minded fingers can do something about this large, expensive blog machine.  I am hopeless as a computer person, as I can only do the three things mentioned above.