TECH SUPPORT WITH MOM ALL THE OPTIONS I’VE ATTEMPTED IN ORDER TO PUT MY KIDS IN VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
Acer Chromebook 2020 School provided tablet for 2nd grader arrived after trying iPad and 15” Pro
Lenovo Chromebook 2018 Cannot find its operating system
MacBook Pro 13” 2017 For Luis’ exclusive use
MacBook Pro 15” 2010 Can’t factory reset to Lion, but bootable USB for Yosemite keeps failing
HTC One M8 2015 BlueJeans phone app allows participation in PrimeTime events
MacBook Pro 15” 2006 Removable battery pack exploded
THESE MEMES ARE EVERYTHING. If there was no quarantine, one kid wouldn’t be on a tablet and the other would just walk into his main office to trade a broken laptop for a loaner. If Adobe had not threatened to delete all of my programs, I would not have upgraded to Creative Cloud. If I had not upgraded to Creative Cloud, I would not have upgraded my operating systems. If I had not spent so much time upgrading operating systems on three computers before the Chromebook failed to find its OS, I would not be threatening to punch school staff in the face for being so useless in diagnosing and replacing tech. Yay quarantine!
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MacBook Pro 15” mid 2012 I just upgraded it for CC, but now Kal uses it with the HTC for lectures
iPhone 7 2016 Madeline dug out a hairball to fix charging port as back up to HTC
iPhone 8 Plus 2017 Was used for FaceTime with teachers, still used for speech therapy
iMac late 2012 Back up to 15” in case Madeline needs to use her Wacom Cintiq
PowerMac G4 2003 Burns CDs, but no wifi
PowerMac G3 2000 Reads zip disks, but no wifi
iPhone 8 2018 For Luis’ exclusive use
iPad 2012 Too old to upgrade, cannot download Google apps, good for ABC Mouse
Gateway/Windows XP 2002 Reads hard disks, but no wifi
