About me

<p>hello, everyone --</p> <p> </p> <p>     i have been reading this dell forum only since dec 2008 but find it very interesting and the people extremely gracious and helpful.  i am very grateful to the kind people who have answered my questions in this forum.</p> <p>     i am a 62-year-old woman; i live in tennessee with my dear 12-year-old corgi named DULCE (means "sweet" in spanish, i was taking spanish lessons when i got her).  i am now retired but worked for approx 15 years as a law clerk (researching, writing) for a federal judge, first at the trial court level and then at the appeals court level.  it was very satisfying work, and i loved it.  i am also a musician and a poet.  my most favorite places where i have lived are west virginia and arkansas, both very underrated states.</p> <p>     i used to travel a lot, especially to mexico, mainly puerto vallarta (on the pacific coast).  my spanish is quite rudimentary, but i can get myself around a city and carry on very simple conversations with people.  in mexico, i live completely in the "now," because i know only the present tense!  in the last couple of years, though, i have turned into more of a homebody.</p> <p>     i would put myself somewhere between novice and intermediate in terms of computer knowledge.  in other words, i can find my way around on the internet, know how to search for help, and generally understand the logical basics of how computers and different kinds of software work.  however, i know almost nothing about the physical architecture of computers.</p> <p>     when i first retired (2002), i bought a dell dimension (8200, maybe, i can't remember now) and really loved it.  finally, tho, it got so slow and therefore aggravating that i bought my current optiplex 330 a couple of months ago, which has turned me into a speed demon on the keyboard and the screen!</p> <p> </p> <p>-- susie margaret</p> <p> </p> <p>dell optiplex 330<br />windows XP pro, SP 3, 32-bit<br />IE, v. 7.0.5730.13<br />internet security 2009, v. 16.2.0.7<br />add-on pack, v. 3.1.0.8<br />systemworks basic 2009, v. 12.0.1</p>