I just bought a new computer. In fact, I'm typing on it right now. I bought an eMachine from Walmart for $398.00 plus tax. You may be wondering why I would by such a cheap computer.
I did so for four reasons. First, I've owned eMachines before and they've lasted just as well as any of the Compaq, HP, or Gateway computers I've owned. Second, I did some research on this model of computer and it scored 4-5 stars in 25 of the 27 reviews on the website I looked at. They all said for general computing it seems to be a great deal. Third, the cost. With three members of my household in college right now, I don't have any money left! And lastly, I bought this machine because it came with Windows XP and not Vista.
I have XP on my laptop, which has all my information and data. All the files necessary to run my life are on my laptop. (I know, this is really sad isn't it!) But a couple of weeks ago I turned my laptop on and the screen won't come on. Not only that, but the date changes and sometimes I will send an email and the people who get it call me to tell me they just received an email I sent in February of 2006! I have to explain to them that my laptop is on the fritz and I have to send it in to get it fixed.
The service department that will be fixing it said it should be an easy fix, but I dread getting the computer back and having all my data gone!! So I decided to buy this computer with the same operating system and I could easily install all the programs on it, back everything up and keep all my 'stuff' safe and sound.
Easy.
Yea, right!
I've learned that Windows XP on an eMachine from Walmart sold in 2009 is not exactly the same as Windows XP on an HP laptop sold at Staples in 2007. Maybe the XP is the same, but there are some differences in the other things on the computer!
In the world of computers, things have changed in the last two years. Some things for the better, but some things just seem to be frustrating.
Maybe I'm getting old, (my kids seem to think so anyway), but it seems that everything around me is changing faster than I can keep up with it. I am amazed at the language used on prime time television these days. I would have had my mouth washed out with soap if I had talked like that at the supper table, but we let the language blare from out TVs as we eat these days.
There are also so many moral issues that seem up for grabs these days. And rather than just knowing that something is right or wrong, our country waits around for judges and our government to decide what is right and what is wrong. There seems to be less and less solid footing these days.
And yet, there is a solid foundation available to us. God established right and wrong from the beginning and his law does not change. His Word does not change.
So as I type this morning on my new computer, knowing that I've got a lot of work to do to get all my programs installed and all my data backed up, and knowing that there will be problems to work out because of changes in programs and technology, I can find comfort in the fact that when all else seems uncertain and changing, I've got a book that never changes. And even if I lose all my data, I've still got what is really important.
Think about it!
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