I can finally post about my new computer! It has been a long waiting game...
I got it home Tuesday afternoon (just gone) and took into the study, then had to wait until YESTERDAY before I could get XP onto it and start setting it up! That's like getting a new car in the driveway and not using it for 4 days!
Anyway, I got it up and running yesterday and i'm very happy...It is really, very quiet, and my initial plays are showing it to be quite quick. At least compared to my laptop...
For one thing - i just imported all of my 4500 songs into iTunes in under 2 minutes...I remember it taking around an hour on my laptop the last time i did that - maybe a year ago?
From selecting Photoshop and it being open and ready to use:
laptop - 38.8sec
desktop - 11.5sec
this I am happy about!! I'll be able to work much faster between all the big programs.
the specs (for those interested):
processor: Intel E6420 Core 2 Duo 2.13ghz/4MB Cache
graphics card: Sapphire X1650Pro/PCI-E 512MB DDR3/Dual screen
RAM: Corsair Twin 2GB
Hard drive: 320GB
Sound card: 5.1channel
Dual layer DVD burner and other things too.
anyway...i'm pleased.
the above powerboards are two of the four currently powering our study at the moment...yeah, we're doing our bit for all those black balloons! :)
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in other news:
We had a gathering at our house again last night for our Young Adults group - called Primal. (www.myspace.com/goprimal for those playing at home) and had an interesting evening.
It included -
- eating dinner without cutlery :)
- watching the movie Troy
- playing 'bigger-or-better' which is much like the red-paperclip saga found here where we started off with a small chocolate, and had to come back 1hr later with something bigger and better. We weren't allowed to go to family and were only allowed to go to one house from church. It was highly energising and believe it or not, my team came back with a working washing machine! :) :) :)
the trades for my team:
- chocolate for a can of V at a service station (stranger)
- V can for two VB cans (stranger)
- VB cans for a snoring Ernie doll (friend)
- Ernie doll for a good kite and a pair of boxer shorts?! (friend) we reckon we went backwards here but anyway...
- boxer shorts for the washing machine (they did want to get rid of it anyway) (church person)
- and the kite for a kids bike (stranger)
the trades for Bek's team:
- chocolate for a block of chocolate (Stranger)
- block of chocolate for a box of chocolate (Stranger)
- box of chocolate for bottle of wine (Stranger)
- bottle of wine for a maxwell and williams cork extractor & Popcorn Maker (Church)
- Popcorn maker for a bread oven and pie maker (Friend)
- Bread oven for a full size trampoline (They were unable to transport it therefore it didn't count)
good times...
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So now what do you do with all the stuff? Sell it on Ebay! If you did that everyday, you'd make quite a living! ...I have a plenty of mouse matts and power leads I'm willing to trade!
Rob.