I've moved on...

[BigToque]

Upgrading my computer will come to a halt. My computer while quite slow does everything I need it for, and since I dont play games anymore or use my computer for much more than chatting here, on icq, store my phone numbers in an excel spreadsheet and listen to mp3's, I will not be upgrading this system anymore.

I've realized that I will get no benifit from making any new upgrades.

celeron 300a to p3 1ghz... wow, my computer will boot in 25 seconds as opposed to 35.

160mb cas3 pc-100 to 256mb cas2 pc-133... I dont even use my 160mb.

ati xpert@play 98 to geforce2... hmmm... money for me or 100 fps in quake3? I dont even play games...

5400 rpm, 13 gb hard drive to 7200 rpm, 45gb drive... so my spreadsheet loads 2 seconds faster...

upgrading for me is a complete waste of money...

 

[office boy]

*Sigh* so sad to see another comrade fall to the evil forces of reason...

 

[Radboy]

A moment of silence for our fallen comrde ..

 

[Viperoni]

Stefan, this is the police. Step away from the mac. I repeat, STEP AWAY FROM THE MAC!!!
Jokes man....if you want fast boot times go with WinME, and get a celery 366 @ 550 combo.
That'll be a nice boost in speed, your rams fine and your HD should be okay.

 

[luv2chill]

LOL @ office boy and Radboy!!

Stefan, I know how you feel... I spent an ungodly amount in 2000 on my desktop... It's so easy to get drawn into the upgrade vortex...

Basically, I resolved that I won't upgrade unless I can double my performance... so I won't upgrade my 700MHz Athlon Classic until I can get a 1.4GHz AMD chip for a reasonable amount. Same with my 8x CD Burner... I'll actually probably wait for 20 speed. I mean, waiting 8-10 minutes to burn a CD is not a problem.

l2c

 

[Wallysaurus]

Stefan,
Congrats!!!
I wish I could talk myself into being that reasonable. Oh well, guess that's a lost cause.

 

[TravisBickle]

Yeah, go out and get yourself laid.
I figure you were under the *tech influence, but you've shuffled off the coil...
"He has gone to a better place..."

 

[BigToque]

I met a girl last night

lol, I just dont know if shes into me though. I'm meeting her again tonight

 

[TravisBickle]

Sounds like a classic start.
But no sex on the first date unless she wants money.

*...sorry, thinking of my own dates (euphemistically speaking)

 

[Budman]

It's contagious that upgrade flu bug that's going around.

Nice to see you found a cure Stefan.

I am trying to fight it off myself but somedays it's so hard when you read about lotsa people running over a GHZ.