![]() ![]() ![]() Like it or not, sometimes your volunteers have things come up and just don’t make it in one day leaving the available workers short handed. Phil had already made the sound system functional enough to be used so it was my turn to make the computer functional. The few times I spent any amount of time on the machine, it didn’t perform very well but it was working and I wasn’t really interested in thrusting the greatness of Linux on those not ready for it.Īt some point in time, the system fell into disarray and I was recently asked to see what I could do to make the computer functional. The machine originally came equipped with Windows 10 which would annoyingly upgrade at the the most inopportune time and using it on under powered hardware is often problematic. Upon my initial assessment, I knew what my first steps were. My focus, for now, is to restore multimedia capabilities of the computer, Dell Inspiron 3646 and even improve it somewhat. I haven’t sorted out everything, yet, and it is also not completely on my shoulders, as another tech and audio enthusiast in the church, Phil, has taken care of the audio equipment. There are several pieces of equipment in varying states of age and functionality. I believe it using whatever is available whenever possible and only making upgrades or purchasing new hardware when it is absolutely necessary. I’m sure this isn’t a view many people share but it is my view. ![]() Churches generally have no budget for technology and frankly, I don’t think that a church should really avoid spending on technology as much as possible. ![]()
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