Frustration

Technology is moving too fast for my budget.

I just spent the last 45 minutes trying to download pictures and videos onto my hard drive from my camera. Yes, I did finally succeed (sort of)...but 45 minutes is too long! I love that my new camera takes better video than my actual video camera, but my computer doesn't. I only have a 1 gig memory card, but have been looking forward to getting a larger one so that I can take more video. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like that idea will be "compatible" with my elderly computer. Most of my trouble in downloading came when I tried downloading a 2 minute video. TWO. MINUTE. VIDEO. My computer didn't like that so well and timed-out during my first two tries. I actually had to restart my computer because it was staying frozen for too long in "thought." I went to view it when the computer finally accepted it. First of all, the video was only compatible to QuickTime....lame. Secondly, the video didn't download properly and was all jumbled, choppy, and the timing was off. Ugh...the whole situation makes me a little sick to my stomach.

There's really nothing I can do to improve the video, and I don't know how to make it compatible with other media players. Until I get a new computer I'm going to have to download videos onto my parent's computer and save to CD or DVD. Who knows....even if the videos did work on my computer, I wouldn't be able to burn them to CD because they might be too large. My computer doesn't even have a DVD burner.

Another thing I'm a little frustrated about...
I've been doing a little bit of research on photo-editing software. I'm interested in a particular program, but the the customer reviews have been discouraging. I've read quite a few, and I've come across a large handful that say that the installation caused their "older" computers to crash. As my Grandma would say...."scratch that."

Still...I love my new camera, and I'm so thankful to have it :)