Computer upgraded

I’ve been working on the cheap ever since starting this thing up, and one way of keeping the budget in line was to use an old iMac I had stuck in closet. Not one of those multi-colored things, but the first of the flat screen iMacs with a G5 chip in it. Not the worst computer in the world, but not very fast by today’s standards.

I really hate slow computers.

But I trudged on, using the iMac for everything that I could. Unfortunately, some things require me to use a PC with IE/ActiveX, so many days I had to stay out of the office just to get work done.

Well, enough is enough and I finally snapped. I’m now running an quad core HP system with a 23″ monitor, 8GB of ram and a big honkin hard drive. I feel much better now.

Though I will say that this keyboard totally sucks. It has to have the worst tactile feedback I’ve had to use since my Timex Sinclair. The mouse kinda sucks too. I’ll use them until I can’t stand it, cause I really don’t want to spend more money.

And the iMac? It’s now sitting on my desk with FriendFeed full screen, keeping me in tune with what’s going on in the world.