My laptop got totaled + A question

[Bou]

By a friggin virus. Happened a few days ago. I forget the viruses full name, but I know it had "2010" in there. It disguised itself as a windows update and yeah... Bye-bye laptop. Took it to the store today to get it looked at/hopefully repaired. The guy couldn't get to the windows start up screen and charged me 70 bucks just for the little bit he did (no more than pressing the "On" button). Needless to say that pissed me right the fuck off. So, the only computer I had was my desktop, which is a piece of junk in comparison to my laptop (why couldn't it had died instead?)

Anyway, so after he charges me for doing nothing, he offers to sell me a desktop (price of 750-ish). I rejected because, well, I didn't have the money to do so as I'm not currently employed. I make small change here and there but yeah.

So, after I rejected, I came home and went to bed. Well, rather, I laid down for a nap and while I was napping, my girlfriend, went back to the store and bought the desktop. So, when I woke up I had a pleasant surprise waiting for me. I told her she needs to stop spending money like that on me but her reply is always "I always have the extra money to spend, so why not?" I've come to the realization that arguing with her is like arguing with a wall. You can do it all day but yer not going to get anywhere with it. lol So, here I be on my new desktop... with its huge screen that I'm not at all used to. XD

Its definitely better than both my laptop and desktop combined, that's for sure. And and and... the 920gb of HD space and 6GB of RAM is a nice factor too. XD

However, the only downside is my installation disc for my capture card program is NOT compatible with the OS (Windows 7) so I'm going to have to save up for Studio 14, I guess? Not even sure if that one is compatible either to be honest. Haha. So, as of right now I'm capture card-less, I suppose? Not unless any of you have a solution to that? :S

[Thr33XWA]

Off-Topic (sort of)- that reminds me that I'm going to need to get at least another gig of RAM to be 100% APB "compliant", lol.

As far as video editing goes, sorry to say but Windows 7 is still really new, so the most you can do is wait and check sites like Pinnacle's or NCI (the company that makes Debut) frequently for updates on when they'll make their software Windows 7 Compatible. Just be patient, they'll come along eventually.

[xwa]

What you can do is contact Pinnacle and ask their tech support if Studios 14 is compatable with Windows 7.

I loooooove Windows 7 though. Just dont' turn on automatic updates or you won't be able to surf .

[Bou]

@myke: where would one go to check and see if auto-updates are going or not? lol

@3x: Whats the specs for that anyway? >.> ...I'm too lazy to search XD

[xwa]

Start > Control Panel > Windows Update .

[Bou]

Thanks~