New computers.

I was at my parents’ house yesterday for a visit. They aren’t the most tech-savvy people so I told my mom I would help her upload the photos from her camera to the computer, since she couldn’t figure out how to do it. I also showed her how to attach a photo to an e-mail.

So, I plug in her camera to the computer and assume the Camera and Scanner Wizard would pop up. No such luck. The computer also took about 15 minutes to boot up and longer than normal for Internet Explorer to open.

Is is possible that their computer is so ancient that it won’t recognize her new Nikon digital camera? It has to be true because I tried everything and I couldn’t figure it out.

The end result: I told them to go out and buy a new computer. I don’t think my dad was too thrilled.

Now I really want to get a laptop.

Tagged as: computer. parents.