My Computer Failed Me Unfortunately my desktop is a bit screwed up at the moment.* It won’t function until it’s been reformatted since I had started the process and it stopped and went to some sort of inescapable sleep mode that forced you to hold the power button down in order to shut it off since none of the keys nor the mouse worked.* Every time I put the disc in, it would do this.* So, I couldn’t get*past 17% of the progress for my PC to be restored to its original factory settings.* I phoned HP Tech Support*and apparently the recovery discs that I paid $20 for from HP months ago*were incompatible with my PC, even though they were for the model I own.* It’s because my PC was bought at BestBuy, not directly from HP.* So I have to shell out another $20 to get the “right” discs.* How was I supposed to know this when*I purchased these recovery discs months ago?* I spent over three hours on the phone with tech support and the guy had me take the damn PC apart and what have you, and for nothing.* What a waste!* It’s either the “right” recovery disks or buy Windows 7.* And as much as*I prefer Windows 7, my one-year warranty (which expires in March 2010) will automatically be voided if I go that route.* So, it’s a lose-lose situation.* Jeez, what a day!* I get so excited to pick up my copy of WA expecting to spend a good amount of playing so that I can get my review up and ready and even answer questions from any of you, and now this happens.* So I’m on my new laptop that I purchased at BestBuy two weeks ago, which has Windows 7 and good specs, but the Sims 3 doesn’t run quite*as fast on it and the settings are almost maxed, not as maxed as in my desktop (though still faster than after installing the latest patch on my desktop).* It must be the graphics card in this case because the other specs exceed the minimum requirements, but laptop graphics cards cannot be replaced.* I’ll still try to play WA on here and see if it’s tolerable.* If so, I may not do my review right away but I can still answer questions.* And as I said in a comment a few minutes ago: I’d be careful with buying WA for the time being because that patch is bad news.**EA truly has been slacking off with*getting their patches function correctly.**I don’t get it.* Whatever happened to “Let There Be Sims?”* I wish another and more respected company took the series over.* I have owned every pack, too, so it’s not like they’re not getting my money.* *sigh** /rant Share and Enjoy: Related posts: Sims 3 Tutorial – How to defrag and clean up your Computer Temporarily Disappointed With WA Because of New Patch Computer troubles…
