Of course it isn't! Everything seemed great, except that it kept going to sleep while I was trying to install a huge program. Today I tried to install Zoom for work. The download said 100%, but somehow it never finished. I ran out here to try to get it to work because I had an appointment and it froze!
One problem before it froze was the complete lack of ethernet ports!
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Wireless/Wired connectivity (WiFi 5 - 802.11 ac)
Connect to a Wireless-AC router for nearly 3x the speed, more capacity and wider coverage than Wireless-N. Backward-compatible with all other Wi-Fi networks and hotspots.
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This laptop does not include a built-in DVD/CD drive.
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It mentions that, but not the rj45 port?!
There is a long list of ports that it does not have and I have never wanted to use, but on the next page it says:
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Number Of Ethernet Ports 0
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I am the only one that prefers ethernet, aren't I?
Ethernet is easy, you just run a cable! I don't know why I would do that in my room, unless I finally built a loft bed, but am I setting up a permanent office in my room or the shed?
Not my room! My clients would hear my family, my family would hear my clients, and my brother would always be turning off my light!
Well, I kind of have three workspaces now.
Oh dear! Dad did that! He had printers set up in the kitchen and the living room and he had dedicated work spaces in each!
I swear that he had four printers! There were two in the kitchen!
Why were there two in the kitchen?!
Anyway, let's say that I set up the shed with a real locking door and run ethernet and electricity. I could keep my laptop out here, build a loft bed in my room with a desk, and put my desktop in there.
Then it would make sense to run ethernet to my room.
It just wouldn't be fun.
I have my old loft bed right here in the shed. I am not eager to convert a frame for a full-sized mattress into a twin XL. I designed a twin XL loft bed a while ago, but I have so many other projects!
How difficult would it be to convert this into a twin XL loft bed and desk?
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Back to the Internet problem. I could buy something like this for $25:
TP-Link WiFi Access Point and connect everything to it--except for my old laptop, which doesn't connect to wifi.
I would usually only connect one laptop, though, and if I need a second, I could do a hotspot. I ran inside, grabbed my old laptop, and tried to set up a hotspot, but I couldn't get it to load!
So, I ran back, and grabbed Mom's laptop.
Again.
It was slow and I hardly had anything loaded!
I think that was because Mom was logged in. After the session I found a logout option through the Task Manager, but I kept making my client wait while things loaded slowly!
I tried to load the last episode of "The Big Bang Theory" to discuss expected and unexpected behavior from a 2.5-minute clip, but Movies and TV said that it didn't have enough memory!
It loaded with Windows Media Player, though.
My client thought that we should still end at the normal time. I tried to hurry and I think that we finished in just under 45 minutes.
I had another teleclient and I have an in-person client at 1630.
Three clients in one day isn't great, but I worked three hours a week for several weeks!
My progress reports and signature sheets were due on the 10th, but I forgot that we need to write reports for in-person clients that we did not see due to coronavirus, say why we didn't see them and that all data is from the previous quarter, then copy over the last quarter's data.
I also forgot that we still need to submit signature sheets for teleclients, even though nobody signs them.
I wish that my memory were better!
A wifi access point would work, but I could order an ethernet adapter with 3 USB 3.0 ports for half the price.
Sadly, it wouldn't arrive for a week. Depressingly, that is faster than anything that I am seeing from Amazon!
Do I want anything besides USB and ethernet? I have HDMI!
Of course, all of this is predicated on getting Zoom and everything else to work!