New Love

Well, that's it. I pressed the Submit Order button and the deed is done. The old PC just wasn't hacking it anymore, and I had to get something new. Sorry about that, ol Bess, you've been good to me, faithful and true, and we've had some good times alright. But, you see, a man needs more. He needs something young and pretty, something to make his heart race and get his blood pumping again, and let's face it ol' girl, after four and half years together maybe the magic just isn't there anymore.

But please, I don't want to hurt you. You know I'd rather do anything than cause you pain. It's just that...well the truth is...I've met someone new. Her name's Ginger, you see, and she's a 3000+ Athlon 64 with 512 mb of ram and nice fat 200 GB hard drive down below. I tell you, that girl's built for speed. No, sorry, I shouldn't have said that. Please don't hate me. You know we'll always be friends. It's just that people change and machines get old, and I'm tired of pretending.

Velocity Micro

I've bought 'em and built 'em, but I'm a little nervous about this purchase. I researched these guys as best I can and they seem alright, but you never know. I just hope I haven't started a journey into customer service hell by placing this order. Oh well, there was no way I could make do with my old 1.2 Ghz P4 anymore, so I had to do something. Nope, no buyers remorse from me. Nope. Uh-uh. No, no, no, no, no...

They're going to build me an Athlon 64 machine with 512 Mb of Ram, 430W Antec power supply, a 200 Gb hard drive, 8x DVD +- RRW burner and a so-so graphics card (I figure I'll go with their cheapest graphics card for now because I get the feeling that some high end cards are going to be coming down in price over the summer). The case is one of those windowy thingies, but it's not too garish and seems to have all the features I like. Anyways, $1300 shipped, which is about what it would cost me to build it myself. The only reservation I have is the Abit mobo. I don't think it's a terrible choice, but it's not the one I would have chosen if I built it myself. Well, it'll take them about a month to build it and ship it, so I'll just have to wait and see.

Meanwhile, no buyers remorse. None. Nothing. No, no, no, no,.....