Had hardware problems on the Windows AND Linux computers. Have replaced a lot of things, but haven't lost any data.
After all the changes, I now have two Pentium dual-core computers, each with 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive, plus each has the original hard drives, from their respective machines (one of which, for each, was also 500GB - thus, each new machine now has more than 1TB of hard-drive storage).
The one came with Windows 7 Ultimate, which is working VERY well - MUCH better than Vista, though there are still a few things I preferred about XP.
On the other, I installed the latest version of 64-bit Debian Linux and, needless to say, I am REALLY loving that! I was concerned that something would get lost or messed up by using the old hard drive (from an older, 32-bit version of Debian), but everything went very smoothly and is working better than ever. Even the main objects of my concern: Firefox bookmarks and Thunderbird email accounts were completely intact.
Haven't done much special cooking over this time, but I did make a stove-top casserole out of an onion, a yellow bell pepper, some ground pork, some beef bouillon, some mini-shell pasta, a small can of Herdez Salsa Casera, a small can of Herdez Salsa Verde (picked that up accidentally in the store; thought I had gotten two cans of the Salsa Casera), some cream cheese and some pepper-Jack cheese. It was delicious and it was good to have the leftovers on hand during the days I was so wrapped up in getting the computers working again.
After all the changes, I now have two Pentium dual-core computers, each with 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive, plus each has the original hard drives, from their respective machines (one of which, for each, was also 500GB - thus, each new machine now has more than 1TB of hard-drive storage).
The one came with Windows 7 Ultimate, which is working VERY well - MUCH better than Vista, though there are still a few things I preferred about XP.
On the other, I installed the latest version of 64-bit Debian Linux and, needless to say, I am REALLY loving that! I was concerned that something would get lost or messed up by using the old hard drive (from an older, 32-bit version of Debian), but everything went very smoothly and is working better than ever. Even the main objects of my concern: Firefox bookmarks and Thunderbird email accounts were completely intact.
Haven't done much special cooking over this time, but I did make a stove-top casserole out of an onion, a yellow bell pepper, some ground pork, some beef bouillon, some mini-shell pasta, a small can of Herdez Salsa Casera, a small can of Herdez Salsa Verde (picked that up accidentally in the store; thought I had gotten two cans of the Salsa Casera), some cream cheese and some pepper-Jack cheese. It was delicious and it was good to have the leftovers on hand during the days I was so wrapped up in getting the computers working again.
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?