Day in life: FROM A COMPUTER JUNK

In almost every household there is a PC today. Unnoticed, we have become dependent on this all-rounder in the field of music, film, text and entertainment. One day without a computer? Pretty awkward!

The typewriter has long been out of the door. The slide projector is dusted in the attic. The dark room, where many pictures of the children have been developed and enlarged, nowadays serves as a storage room. The CD player is hardly used anymore. All this thanks to the multimedia computer, which is an all-rounder and therefore, after the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine, the most useful help in the house.

This is demonstrated by the montage of the holiday film. Much better than the old-fashioned mixer with a memory for up to seven scenes, the computer mixes the most beautiful image transitions and memorably captures hundreds of short scenes. Pieces more accurate and no dragging of equipment, title generator and TV set. And no hassle with all kinds of cables or cords. Until a malfunction makes you painfully aware of your dependence on that gray box with mounted display. Halfway through the video montage, the - second - hard drive keeps it in mind. Reading out is still possible, but data writing is no longer possible. Nothing to do about it. In addition to grabbing a screwdriver, removing a hard disk and going back to the store, because the disk is less than a year old and the warranty conditions are fortunately smooth.

The shopkeeper does indeed not difficult. Because this is the second time that this type of hard disk (Seagate Barracuda) is broken, a new hard disk from another brand may be selected. Even one with more capacity - 60 GB instead of 30 GB - for the minor sum of?
30. Beautiful. But now the bios boot memory of the older PC needs to be modified to make it suitable for such a large disk. No problem. The shopkeeper wants to do that. He also puts the new hard disk in for a while and perhaps he gets data from the crashed hard disk above water. Service that does not cost anything extra and takes up difficult work. You do not say no to such an offer.



Then you spend your free day reading. In the newspaper there is a nice review of a piece of music. Let's see if that is already to be found with Kazaa. O no, no PC, so no internet. The post brings the latest issue of a computer magazine with an enclosed CD-ROM full of demos and information. Quickly check what is on that CD-ROM. Forget about it. He is gone. Did you already forget that? So yes.

Then just turn on the television. More information can be found on www, says the presenter. I'm curious, but looking is not there.

A text message comes in on the cell phone. Have not you read my e-mail? asks the son, who is used to his father always answering directly. Let's see what he has written. Oh no, that's true too. The computer is from home.

The same magazine announces a digital photo contest. Let's see if there are still photos on the PC that match the theme of that match. Deep sigh: temporarily out of use.
The phone rings twice. Father-in-law and sister are both waiting for an answer to their e-mail. They also think it is strange that they do not hear anything. There will not be anything wrong? No, not me. Well with the PC that is staying out.

Resignation. An extra outing then. What's going on in the local film house tonight? The movie agenda is on a website. And what do you need again to get on the internet? Hellup !!!

A day without a computer feels like a junk without his daily shot. Or are there better comparisons? Like an egg without salt. No, too weak. Like a sea without water? Too dramatic. If a ..., if ...

You run to the phone and call the store: Hello, is my PC ready?