This has been a pretty good day. For starters, I finally got around to ordering the new computer parts which I'll be horribly in debt to my parents for until I make enough money to repay them. Should only take a month, though. I consider it at least as good an investment as the number of books which the same amount would buy at the LU bookstore.
For those that are interested, here are the basic specs:
Refurbished 17" monitor - my 15" has been good to me, but it's time to pass it on. The new one looks quite decent; completely flat CRT screen, will do 1600x1200 @ 60Hz.
AMD XP 2000+ and requisite motherboard and DDR memory. It's definitely time to move beyond the 500MHz K6-II.
New speakers. Something semi-decent this time; not 5.1, but at least I now have a subwoofer.
Wireless keyboard and mouse. The desks in Gilbert demand it. And yes, that is a valid excuse.
New case. The 250W power supply just doesn't cut it any more, and it's just as cheap to buy a whole new case. Besides, it looks prettier. Slightly. In a sort of reminiscently-I-Mac sort of way.
All that should keep me happier for a while. That and the new boxed set of Tolkien books I got as a late birthday present today. Those immediately went on the top shelf of the bookcase here in my room, and all the younger siblings were informed of their imminent death should they so much as touch them. I do want to keep them in decent condition, after all.
Posted by Ardith at May 15, 2003 01:11 AM