Ordered a New Brain.

[swestrup]

I got back from Microbytes not long ago. I now have an order in for a new computer. No screen, keyboard, or mouse as I already have them. Its looking like a core 2 duo w/ 2GB ram and a 500GB hard drive. Its a bit of an upgrade, but no where near as nice a system as I wish I could afford.

Still, I shouldn't complain. I wouldn't be able to afford this replacement if my Mom hadn't offered to pay for a new system for me.

They tell me that the system will probably be ready by next thursday, so I have to muddle though without a main system for another week. Oh well.

Comments

[hendrikboom.livejournal.com]

Bigger than the systems I use every day. I wouldn't complain.

[swestrup]

No, I shouldn't either. My normal rule of thumb is to upgrade every time the current 'affordable' system is an order of magnitude or faster than what I'm currently using.

I suspect this new system will be that 10x faster than the old one.

[ai731.livejournal.com]

Heh. My rule of thumb is that when $1000 will buy me a significantly better system then the one I currently have, I go for it. That said, I've bought a grand total of 3 desktop and 2 laptop computers in 17 years. The third laptop was a gift from a friend, which then got replaced by a better one by the insurance company when it was stolen, so I've been using a "Free" IBM laptop for the last 5 years. Mu current desktop I bought in bits and put together myself in the UK 8 years ago. I turn in on one every couple of months.

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

Probably. Core 2 Duos are monstrously fast beasts. And everything else is easy to upgrade, so you're in pretty good shape. If I had to get a new machine, I'd get just about exactly that in a heartbeat.