The computer is your "friend"

I'm still figuring this blog thing out...actually, I'm still figuring the entire idea of "computer" out. And, yes, I have been using a computer since, I don't know, probably 1994.

Don't get me wrong, I can type okay, I understand how to use the Internet, I can put a picture from my camera onto the computer and email it to pretty much anybody, but when it comes to fixing things or making things fancy, count me out.

A few questions:
Why is it when I click something, the computer takes minutes to turn to the next page. Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but I do feel like I sit around an awful lot of the time. My friend's computer does it in about 2 seconds. I want a computer like that. But I guess the price tag on something like that might be a little steep.

How come when I'm fed up enough of the slowness, or pop-ups, or virus alerts, that I take my computer to get it "fixed" it runs fine for the fixer, or they fix it in about 5 minutes. Then the second I get home, I am having the same problems again?

Uggg, I love technology.