Anthology of Snippets

Last night I realized that aside from badly needing a stable Internet Service Provider, I think it is high time for a computer upgrade.

While most of the peers of my computer have gone overhauls and upgrades since their birth (some even got traded in or tossed somewhere), my trusty rusty computer has been with my since 2001 and has only received some upgrade last year. Talk about possible neglect, but money was tight those days and it never failed me then, so I thought it should not fail me today or perhaps last year. It still hasn’t – sort of.

Last year though, I had the RAM upgraded maxed out, and bought a new monitor, together with a new keyboard (which got broken after 2 months of us – I’ve got big hands..what can I say?), mouse, speakers, HDD, DVD RW, and DVD ROM (this I got for a very low price, and it came before the RW ). After that, I thought it would suffice, and for some time, it felt so good to be with my good friend again.

Could you blame me? I live and breathe computers… and I spend my time mostly around them. And when it comes to this computer, can you say, I used to wake up at 7 a.m. and turn it on first before doing anything else? Then as soon as I come home from school, I turn it on again (yes, even when I come home from lunch), and almost every single day, I turn it on at around 5 or 6 p.m. and just disconnect or turn it off at 4 a.m.? DAILY. It was a habit of mine that at some point my non-computer friends ganged up and yelled the living daylights out of me as they could not get through to our house (Dial up connection) or I no longer had time for them. Anyway, see what I mean? I just can’t live without a computer.

Now, the time has come where I am seriously considering buying a new one. Although I really hate the thought of no longer using my old computer, my experiences with other faster computers makes me impatient with this one that sometimes I feel like strangling it (as if it had a neck, no?). But then again, blame it on me for not doing anything with it. But what could I do with it, really? I would have to spend much on having a total upgrade since this is one of the very first Pentium III PCs with a compact build. You’d no sooner change the processor and you’re bound to change the motherboard, then the casing, the video cards and all that jazz. I would much rather buy a new one and keep my loving old one the same.

*sigh* I type this entry at around 4 a.m. in the morning as I had to wake up early – again – to finish some tasks. If the computer is not slow enough (although I think it is quite okay on most occasions), the stupid, stupid, stupid Internet connection is waaaaaaaay slower!! No, I won’t start another discussion on how pathetically slow Glo*** is. And it is not just today or these days, but you pay a good buck or two for the service and what do you get? Internet connection that makes snail mail look fast. sheesh!

Anyway, I’ll be back later on. I still have to fix something with my Never Dainty website. It sure is acting up as well..

Ahh..the pains of technology!!