I got my new computer. My older eMachines computer wasn’t able to run naturally born speaking version 10. So I decided it was time to get a new computer. While my old computer was probably about six or eight years old. My new computer is a Compaq Presario with an Athlon or AMD Athlon II dual core processor has three gig of memory, and a 500gb hard drive. I got it at Best Buy packaged with a monitor for a pretty good deal. I’ve been working on getting it all set up, copying files installing software. I’ve had a few issues. For instance it doesn’t have a parallel port and my old machine did have a parallel port. So I had to order an adapter cable so you hook up my older HP LaserJet 4 printer to it. And it’s got four USB ports on the back. But two of those are used by the mouse and keyboard. I still have to hook up an inkjet printer and scanner, external hard drive. And once I get the adapter cable, the LaserJet 4 printer to the back of the computer too. But there’s fortunately also two USB ports on the front of the computer which will be nice if hooking up a a camera and also a digital voice recorders at the same time. I had a little bit issue hooking up my Plustek OpticBook 3600 scanner last night. When I plugged it in, it would come up saying USB device not recognized. I managed to download a new driver from the Plustek website and got it to work. Then I was able to install software that originally came with the scanner. I still have more files to copy from the older computer, but I hope to get that done in the next few weeks. And theres still all the newer software to install such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 10, which is why I bought the computer in the first place.
