To absolutely fucking hate this new 'digital' world?

[PatButchersEarring]

..every day, there just seems to be some new fangled gadget that I need to use, that I just Do. Not. Understand!

I'm only 37, but I'm beginning to feel like a blinking pensioner who can't keep up with the times! no, actually, scrap that- my Dad is far better at this stuff than me

Recently, we got a new lap top. It has made my life 10 X more stressful, as I cannot find the things that I need!

For example, on the old one I had my I tunes on the desktop. Tonight, I fancy going for a jog, and thought 'ooh, I'll just get my I pod sorted'. But nay, of course it's not that simple- I cannot find said I tunes on the laptop. I have no idea why. I mean, really no idea.

This kind of thing happens on a daily basis. I just learn how to use something, feel pleased with myself, and then it changes and I don't understand what to do!

It really stresses me out. Is there any hope for me, or should I just join an Amish community and be done with it?

[PatButchersEarring]

Well, at least it's not just me then!

PP who said 'it's all like look at my shiny new thing'- yes- exactly that! And the thing is I just don't care about 'shiny new things'!

All I want to be able to do is conduct my life how I want to conduct it- without making 'keeping up with technology' a prerequisite to carrying out bog standard life tasks! I can find plenty of other stuff to fill my time with without being forced to take up 'technology' as an additional bleeding hobby!

We also have the sodding Windows 8. I swear, my blood pressure has gone through the roof.

[StuntGirl]

I had the same feeling when we got our new laptop with windows 8, but I'm pretty used to it now. There are still huge swathes of it I don't use (I'm not an apps person generally anyway though) but I 'get' it now

Still not really sure I get the homepage/desktop thing though. I always flick straight to the desktop anyway...

[DontSHOUTTTTTT]

I love new bits of technology. People get frustrated when they think they can magically know how to use it without putting any time into it.

There are loads of short tutorials online to teach you anything you could possibly want to know. You just have to invest a little effort.

My DH won't spend a couple of minutes learning how to use our Mac's mouse. It's hilarious.

What really gets me are people that have paid a lot of money for a smart phone but who are unable to use most of its functions. For example, why on earth would you pay extra to get the IPhone 4S rather than the IPhone 4 if you are not even going to use Siri (yes I know there are other advantages but you get my point)

What would be lovely would be to have a DC or DP who was a tech wizard.

So my advice is to try and embrace the new tech

[GalaxyDefender]

YAsooooooooNBU.
I'm twenty-five, so I'm supposed to be of "the generation" and love all this gadgetry. But I hate most new tech short of console/gaming upgrades. It all seems rather pointless and "look at my shiny object!" to me.

Smartphone? No thanks. If I want to use the internet, I'll use my computer, with my proper keyboard and screen I don't have to crick my neck to use.
Touchscreens? Keep them away from me. How people can deal with the sensation of drawing their finger across the screen I don't know, it makes my skin crawl.
Windows 8? Hell no, I don't want Microsoft's piece-of-shit aimed-at-tablet-users OS. But then, Microsoft OSs tend to go one good, one bad, so hopefully Windows 9/whatever they call it will be good.

[E320]

I was just thinking the same thing this morning & I work in IT!
What I currently resent are the millions of different logins & passwords I am required to have & companies now expecting you to upload your paperwork to their sites, so assuming you have access to or own a printer/scanner, but getting them to send you your access code (well, another login & password) is like getting blood out of a stone.
I particularly hate authorities that insist you submit stuff online where their application totally messes up your pc to the extent of having to restore factory settings, but who refuse to communicate with you via e-mail.
I am also very anti all the personal tracking that goes on, including iAds. I am happy to have the option to opt in, but think it is a liberty that I need to "try" and opt out. Same applies to all the newsletters I have allegedly signed up for.
And finally companies who are happy enough for you to buy their stuff online, but do not send you tracking details for goods shipped & get all surprised 2 or 3 weeks later when you contact them to ask where the goods are!

[EmmaGellerGreen]

MTS - I may well be technologically challenged but all I want a laptop to do is create documents and email them. I really should not need to go on a sodding course or read a book to do that - I've been very competent at doing it for many years. Until windows bloody 8M

[EmmaGellerGreen]

MTS - I may well be technologically challenged but all I want a laptop to do is create documents and email them. I really should not need to go on a sodding course or read a book to do that - I've been very competent at doing it for many years. Until windows bloody 8M

[Binkybix]

We live in an Apple household. Whilst I love all the benefits it brings in terms of my favourite hobby (sitting on arse watching tv) I would be lost without geeky DH. When we first moved in I could barely turn the TV on and old not work out what remote to use, like an old lady ;)

[MordecaiAndRigby]

I don't have any problems with Windows 8 but to be truthful I only go on the computer to come on mumsnet and do online shopping!

DH has it on his windows tablet thingy. He says it's much better used with touchscreen rather than mouse. I suppose that was what it was designed for really..

[Catchingmockingbirds]

mts I'm not technology challenged, I love my mac, but hate the pc with windows 8 on it. It's definitely the windows interface I hate rather than me being the problem.

[mrsjay]

oh I havn't a fancy phone there is no point i wouldn't be able to use it I struggle with touch screen

[mrsjay]

DDS got laptops for christmas I feel really guilty because dd1 uses it for college and she says windows 8 is rubbish I didnt know it was so hard and annoying to use,

I can't work my tv remote if anybody has put it on screen save we leave the sound on for the dog and if nobody comes back home with me I have a blank screen till the fix it and laugh

[ClaimedByMe]

BBM is my nemisis, no matter what I do I cannot get it to work and I am only 31 and the fekin blackberry is beating me......I will not let it win!

[MTSgroupie]

A big myth about computers saving money in the workplace? :)

We just implemented a project that removed the need to employ 5 staff. The computer now does their job in about 5 minutes.

As for going on a course every other year in order to learn the latest bits of a word processing package, I have never heard of anyone go on such a course.

Some people need to know how to use the clever bits on Excel because they need to be able to pull in data from various sources, clean them up, analyse the data and produce charts, graphs etc. These people go on regular Excel courses. But when it comes to Word, people just get on with it.

From the comments made by people, they sound technology challenged as opposed to Windows 8 being crap. I love it. I'll love it even more once I saved enough for a large touch screen monitor

[ByTheWay1]

hahaha glossyflower, I remember those days - and before - when we got our first computer at school it was a graphite card reader - you had to pencil mark in a box for every part of every instruction, it was the size of a mini and gave you an answer on ticker-tape..... that you then had to feed into a telex type reader...

[MordecaiAndRigby]

It's crazy I'm only 29 and sometimes feel lost in it. (DH calls me a technophobe though...)

We went to a national trust property at the weekend, lovely weather, lots of people of a certain age enjoying the sunshine in the gardens.

They were all tapping away on fucking iphones, yet there was me the young person, being all technology free.

It was like i'd stumbled into some Doctor Who episode.

[Viviennemary]

YANNNNNNNNNNNNNBU. I so agree. I even hate remote controls. Two for the TV. One to change channels and one for the volume!!! I thought this was supposed to make life easier. My computer is so so slow but I don't want a new one as I'll never get used to it. I think I might join the Amish. Sounds a lot less stressful!

[Catchingmockingbirds]

mawgatron I thought it was essential when you get a new pc that one of the first things you do is download safari/Firefox and then delete Internet explorer? :o

[glossyflower]

Lol. I just remembered back in primary school we had one Acorn BBC computer for the whole school. With huge floppy disks. I never actually used the computer and never saw it being used so god knows what it was used for!

[Catchingmockingbirds]

DP has windows 8 on his pic, I really don't like it.

[Mawgatron]

I accidentally deleted the Internet on mine. Now I have to use wanky safari as I can't get Internet explorer back...

[lovelychops]

DP bought me a much needed computer for Christmas - it's got windows 8 on. I can't bring myself to tell him how much I hate windows 8! Things appear and disappear at random times, you have to look up how to do everything, I've lost google chrome, and I've got to somehow transfer all my music to a new I tunes account. I also really dislike hotmail on there.

[EmmaGellerGreen]

Windows 8 made me cry. Typing a note and attaching is to an email, 10 minute job. An hour and a bloody half. Still don't know how I did it in the end. Amish sounds good.

[Cantbelieveitsnotbutter]

Windows 8, what were they thinking. It just has a mind of its own, it makes me feel like a 99 year old opening a computer for the first time

[BertieBotts]

Windows 8 is easier to use if you don't have previous computer experience