Huge download & lagging computer

I’m finally back using my computer, having been away from my computer for the past 3 days. It was a good experience, at camp and everything, reminding me that I can survive without a computer and handphone pretty well. Alright, I am not such a technology-addict even at the start, but computers and handphones are nevertheless distractions for me when I’m at home. I love dabbling with new softwares and developments…simply fliddling around with software tools. However, when exams dawn near, I find myself having troubles staying away from the computer. But the camp experience proved otherwise - no withdrawal symptons. Just pure joy studying. It’s quite possible that I’ll be more disciplined when using the computer from now onwards - so that I free up more time to do other more important things.

My computer is lagging now, having downloaded and installed the new Microsoft operating system. The new OS is awesome, and it has many cool, interactive and beautiful features, such as post-its, easier way to manage all the tools to protect your computer, better IE7 (which has RSS feeds finally), user-friendly Window Media Player 11 etc. However, it has some drawbacks. I installed this new OS via upgrade, and I’m wondering if the computer is slow because the old OS is still retained. The computer is unfortunately slow. Alright, I can’t ask for much, since this computer is about one year old now. Furthermore, some of the existing tools are classified different, and my biggest complain is that they are confusing. They link from here to there and sometimes I just cannot remember how to call up a particular function. I need to make my computer faster, but I still don’t find my computer any faster after reading the Windows Help.