![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Okay, not quite, but really. We went to Fry's for a new computer...and kept going. Oof. All the newer ones are crammed with media options (which I don't need) leaving them short of space for extra hard drive space (which I arguably do need, and definitely want).
I have wanted a new computer chair for my desk for some time. I've been using folding chairs which, besides less-than-ideal height and form factors, are not easy to get in/out of (the desk is in a corner) or to switch between the desktop and laptop (which are on different parts of the desk). I needed something taller, better padding, no arms, swivels. And now I have it and so far it is very, very comfy. It came in a box not much larger than a full-size tower computer, and it was on sale (which I hadn't realized when I picked it: it was just the only one that was comfy and armless). I am very happy.
I also have a new computer, or rather, I will have. I paid for them to deal with the hardware and OS upgrades, so 1-5 days from now they'll tell me it's ready. I ended up buying it at Best Buy, because that was the first place we got to that had hardware that could adapt to my needs (short of buying all the parts at Fry's and doing a ground-up build-your-own, which I am so not up for). It's actually a very nice desktop, way more than I need right now. I'm thrilled, because wow toy. It is, unfortunately, running Vista. No one was selling pre-installed with XP. That would have required either build-your-own or mail order, and given that the build-out for mail order usually lets you pick only one hard drive and I definitely wanted at least 1.5 terabytes of disk, too much for a single hard drive option, that was not a happy idea since I'd have to figure out (from entirely inadequate data, usually) whether there was room for another drive. At least in a store you can pester them to open the case and see!
I actually ended up with a Dell, quad-core. "Only" 3 GB of memory but it can go higher later (considerably higher: got the OS upgrade to Vista premium because it was on sale for an unholy-low price). 2.5 terabytes of disk. *meek* It came with 500 gig, I was only going to add a single 1 T drive, that was all I needed...but they were also on sale, and I gave in to geek greed. I probably should not have, as I don't need it, but I did, and I'm still thrilled with it despite the fact that it is arguably pointless at this time. It's still cool. And my consumer side was bouncing too happily by that point.
Scott's comment, on the way home, when I thanked him for being helpful and patient and all (and before I even suckered him into assembling my new chair!) was "I think I leveled up." Hee!
I have wanted a new computer chair for my desk for some time. I've been using folding chairs which, besides less-than-ideal height and form factors, are not easy to get in/out of (the desk is in a corner) or to switch between the desktop and laptop (which are on different parts of the desk). I needed something taller, better padding, no arms, swivels. And now I have it and so far it is very, very comfy. It came in a box not much larger than a full-size tower computer, and it was on sale (which I hadn't realized when I picked it: it was just the only one that was comfy and armless). I am very happy.
I also have a new computer, or rather, I will have. I paid for them to deal with the hardware and OS upgrades, so 1-5 days from now they'll tell me it's ready. I ended up buying it at Best Buy, because that was the first place we got to that had hardware that could adapt to my needs (short of buying all the parts at Fry's and doing a ground-up build-your-own, which I am so not up for). It's actually a very nice desktop, way more than I need right now. I'm thrilled, because wow toy. It is, unfortunately, running Vista. No one was selling pre-installed with XP. That would have required either build-your-own or mail order, and given that the build-out for mail order usually lets you pick only one hard drive and I definitely wanted at least 1.5 terabytes of disk, too much for a single hard drive option, that was not a happy idea since I'd have to figure out (from entirely inadequate data, usually) whether there was room for another drive. At least in a store you can pester them to open the case and see!
I actually ended up with a Dell, quad-core. "Only" 3 GB of memory but it can go higher later (considerably higher: got the OS upgrade to Vista premium because it was on sale for an unholy-low price). 2.5 terabytes of disk. *meek* It came with 500 gig, I was only going to add a single 1 T drive, that was all I needed...but they were also on sale, and I gave in to geek greed. I probably should not have, as I don't need it, but I did, and I'm still thrilled with it despite the fact that it is arguably pointless at this time. It's still cool. And my consumer side was bouncing too happily by that point.
Scott's comment, on the way home, when I thanked him for being helpful and patient and all (and before I even suckered him into assembling my new chair!) was "I think I leveled up." Hee!
Tags:
no subject
You may be able to get an XP install disk from Dell. Doesn't hurt to ask.
no subject
I'm not a do-it-yourselfer. I want a computer to use, not a set I have to put together, or a bunch of settings and drivers to fight with, or a computer that I can't get covered under warranty because they can insist it's my fault for installing a different OS than they (the store) gave me.
no subject
Might not have worked anyway. Apparently what Dell does is pre-install XP and ship you a Vista upgrade disk; if it came with Vista already installed they probably wouldn't be able to pull off the necessary sleight-of-hand.