The Love/Hate War with Computers

Having an online business involves being forced to have a ‘relationship’ with both your computer and the internet, whether you’re a techie or not.  Aside from all you need to know and learn about marketing itself, you have to learn to work with your computer and the internet and there comes the ever evolving love/hate war.

Now I’ve been ‘playing’ with computers and the internet for more than a decade, since the early-mid 90s which makes me quite experienced to some and still a neophyte to others.  I love computers, what you can do, what they offer and so much more… when they are functioning the way they are supposed to.  Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

As for my computer, I don’t really consider it ‘old’  although to techies anything over about 6 months is heading toward obseletion.  Mine is about 2 1/2 years old and when I got it, it was great; 1 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive, 3 GHz.  Even now that’s nothing to complain about.  What I am finding is that I am running into serious problems in certain areas.

In IM, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and if you are lucky to be able to partner with someone, you are really lucky to find someone who in strong in the areas where you are weak and visa versa.

The reason I bring this up is because my biggest strengths are my graphics and website building.  That’s not all I can do but it is what I enjoy doing the most.  Now running programs to create graphics and design websites takes a lot of memory so I am finding that my 1 GB RAM is falling short keeping my running well.

I love software… hate hardware!  Don’t want to know how my computer runs or what makes it run, just want it to run well and fast.  Unfortunately it’s just not doing that so I have had to make some forays in learning some techie stuff.  I’m going to be receiving a couple of RAM sticks in a day or so and will have to install these myself.

Those of you who are as comfortable ‘under the hood’ of your computer as on the keyboard are no doubt laughing because this does look to be a rather simple operation but it’s still not something I am comfortable with.

Then I am going to have to figure out how to upgrade my hard drive.  I am holding off on that one until it is completely necessary.  Sure, you can say it would be easier just to buy a new computer, but I like my computer.  I like the OS.  Everything is already here, installed and ready for me to use.  There’s a definite comfort to that.

So I’ll learn to do this ‘techie’ stuff and keep my good ole’ computer and just keep on working.

And the moral of this story is?  Not much of a one except that if you are serious about working online, you will need many skills and learning all the skills of sales and marketing is only part.  Be sure you have good equipment, the best that you can possibly afford and don’t be afraid to learn to do what it takes to keep it going.

You wil no doubt hear more from me on this topic and related because it’s important not to forget the most important tool in your arsenal.  Without your computer, without a good internet connection, you aren’t going to be able to have any kind of online business!

From Deanna, the non-techie!

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