Well folks, I broke down today and placed an order for my new computer. I handed a check for (oh God) $1600 to a friend that has a side business doing - guess what - computer stuff. He really knows his shit. Why is it that when I look at those assembly line, prefab computers lining the shelves of CompUSA, Office Depot, etc., I cringe at the price tag. $600, $1000, . . . Like, that's expensive! But then I feel fine (OK, not that good) about paying what I have for this system? Hmmm. Maybe 1) it's custom built, 2) tech support is easily accessible, 3) this system might last me through the next five to eight years (even longer if I bleed it like my current computer), 4) will handle Vista (yeah I'm not stupid, I'll wait a year or two for the bug deacon), 5) when my computer says "I'm not feeling well, but I think I know what is wrong with me and I can probably fix myself if you place my instillation CD in the drive," I'll actually have the disk to do it. 6) Its going to be an AMD chipset which is gonna blow Intel.
So. What am I upgrading from: an Etower 433MHz, 128M ram, two 4 gig hard drives, and by golly, a 56K modem! Windows 98SE, 800x600 screen rez (Hey you, I still operate there!).
What's the new system gonna have? Film at 11.
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