Show me your wallpaper!

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene AB37665

What a fun little challenge sponsored by by Dick Greenberg, for us to show off the wallpaper on our electronic devices.  

I had to chuckle about my wallpaper, and you can see why.  It is what came with my new MacBook Pro a few monthss ago.  The reason it is still here, on my screen everytime I log on, is NOT because I am too lazy to change it.  I left it for good reason!

Converting from a HP laptop to a Mac operating system was INTIMIDATING.  I was scared out of my wits.  What a learning curve!  I am an old dog, and it doesn't come natural to me to have to learn new tricks all the time.  

When we got our first home computer back in the technology dark ages of the early 90's it was my 4 year old who had to teach me how to work a mouse!  

As I tried to figure out how to make my new MacBook Pro do the things I needed it to do, I found myself going back to my old HP workhorse with it's familiar Windows 7.  Then one day I realized it had been a couple months since I had even logged into my MacBook!  How dumb was that?

I consciously decided that the intimidating peaks were a good visual for me.  I accepted the challenge right then and there to scale that imposing mountain before me, my new MacBook.  And I have learned!  

I love my MacBook, how did I ever live without it?  But man, that learning curve was brutal.  Woof!

 

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Janna Rankin Scharf provides a superior level of real estate service to home buyers and sellers in Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho. Visit www.JannaScharf.com for area information and to search for all homes in the Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service. 

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Comments (7)

Kathy Streib
Room Service Home Staging - Delray Beach, FL
Home Stager - Palm Beach County,FL -561-914-6224

Janna- I've been thinking of a Mac as well.  Thankfully, my friend's daughters use a Mac so they can walk me through it if I go that route. 

Nov 04, 2015 09:42 AM
Ed Silva
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

The mountain landscape is a pretty shot for a wallpaper.  I have never been excited about a Mac, unless I could eat it

Nov 04, 2015 10:10 AM
Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
Good Company Real Estate - Chandler, AZ
Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

Janna - Learning how to use your MacBook Pro should have been a lot easier than learning how to use your PC back in the day. I have found Apple products to be very user friendly, and typically more reliable.

Glad you were able to scale that mountain.

Nov 04, 2015 10:27 AM
Janna Scharf
Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Expert

Kathy Streib, I actually think you're right about that!

Ed Silva, you'd have to be pretty hungry to want to eat a Mac...

 Troy Erickson , I bought it RIGHT after the new model came out and much of the tutorial info that I could normally just Google and answer my own questions, didn't work with my new version.  Thankfully, there is plenty of stuff online now that I can access in an instant in my search bar!  Isn't technology wonderful!

Nov 04, 2015 10:36 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I have changing wallpaper on my mac, but it took me a minute.  Okay it took me a year to figure it out.  And I actually waited  until my HP died before I went to my macbook full time.  No going back now.

Nov 04, 2015 01:24 PM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Janna - I started on Mac's in 1984 and went the other direction, and it wasn't any easier - and I still miss my Macs. Thanks for your entry.

Nov 05, 2015 12:48 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH Real Estate - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Janna, I've been amazed at the beautiful wallpaper that comes with Apple products. 

Nov 05, 2015 11:11 AM

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