Today I decided to take the plunge and give my turgid old wallet a good airing by investing in a brand new PC. Things have certainly changed spec-wise since those halcyon days of Windows 98SE. It was back then when I managed to get a few pence change from a grand for a basic system consisting of:1 x monitor
1 x keyboard
1 x mouse
1 x base unit (13 GB hard-drive, 128 MB of RAM, DVD ROM drive with no CD burning facilities, basic graphics and soundcard) and
1 x pair of shitty little speakers.
I then went on to upgrade this system with more RAM, 2 x CD burners and a decent soundcard. I also purchased the usual peripherals such as a printer, scanner and a memory card reader.
Meanwhile, back in the present, I explained to the shop assistant that I did not require a monitor, printer and scanner, it only took him 15 minutes to finally take the hint that all I was really after was a base unit.
Blimey - these new graphics cards are pretty quick compared to my ante-deluvian excuse for a circuit board that I used to have (the one which slowed internet access right down to the point of tears - it was so much worse than having dial-up). The new 320 GB hard-drive seems fast and quiet which is a relief from that old 13 GB dinosaur that groaned painfully every time I hit the enter button. It finally died it's miserable death a few days ago when it refused point blank to even boot up. 2 GB of RAM should help me edit video footage ready for the MySpace generation to "enjoy" - not that I've even recorded any footage. Yet.
So, it is with fond memories that I bid the old system farewell and good riddance. After all, I used it to record an album's worth of music, a few podcasts and it managed to cope with my graphic design requirements...but only just. Aside from being forced to switch to the new version of Blogger, I now have more electrical junk on my hands.
Does anyone need any spare parts?
7 comments:
Enjoy it istvanski. I still have trouble scrolling on your blog for some reason with my bang up to date Compaq running XP.
Oh my god - you know all those proper phrases like 'base unit' and 'peripherals'.
Ister...Your blog's a pain at the moment!
there's always errors (since that new template arrived).
As DH said...trouble scrolling.
Sixty buttons to press now in order to leave a comment! I thought the computer age was meant to make things quicker? how we were fooled...
Congrats..on the upgrade, but is it running on the new 'Vista'??
I spent £1,000 in the early 90s on something which would now be described as laughable. I did manage to create a dance track on it - The Elephant Song, but had no idea how to save it. So it cost me £1,000 for a failed musical career.
Yeah - your scrolling is weird - there is an outer scroll bar and an inner one which disappears halfway down.
Ista on Vista - is that a PC prog? I'm a Mac girl myself.
DH - That's strange Dick, the scrolling at my end is still working, so I don't know why this is at fault?!?
RoMo - Did I type 'peripheral'? Sorry, I meant to type 'paraphanalia'.
JDA - Sorry 'bout the errors, but as I said to DH, it all seems to be working OK at this end. I've no problem scrolling (I just click on the post somewhere and move the circular wheel in whichever direction I need it to go). I'm on XP but the salesman said I could upgrade to Vista via the net for free. I don't believe him for a second.
Geoff - Sorry 'bout the failed music career (I know how you feel, mate). But at least it's good to know that you may still be able to pick up a legal copy of E-Jay from poundland for a quid. I did and came up with an instrumental that took me an hour to put together - it's over on my MySpace site. Things are too easy for us now.
RoMo - Why Macs? I seem to remember not too long ago that you slated them?
Me? Never? I salute them! I've thrown a Sony Vaio out of the front door into the street before and no it wasn't backed up. Oops. Felt alot better afterwards.
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