Even Older Computers Like It
Dallas, 1:15 AM (12/27): My Shuttle isn’t the most powerful or impressive computer I have in Dallas (that would be a toss up between the file server and the HTPC), but it runs Windows 7 surprisingly well. It will be getting both a minor RAM upgrade and a video card replacement in the coming days (the former because I felt 1 GB was a little light for running 7 before I installed it and couldn’t cancel the Amazon order; the latter because the current one freaks the hell out when I load up WoW, but not on anything else — still, it’s indicative that something is wrong), but it will still be in a solid third place as far as power goes. I can’t really do a processor upgrade, but for a computer that I had just about written off as not being useful anymore, this looks like it will be a very competent desktop whenever I come to Dallas in the future.
My grand total of money between my birthday and Christmas came out to $1127, so add on one to however many years I’ve had my $1000+ streak going. Of course, that amount of money came at the expense of virtually no presents from anyone except my aunt and grandparents from Arkansas (for Christmas, they gave me money for my birthday). Aside from Steam sales and somewhat necessary computer upgrades, I still haven’t come up with much to spend it on yet. Just give me a little bit of time; I’m sure inspiration will strike me before too long.