New Computers

Well, we ( and I) got new computers last night. Took me awhile to set it up, and I'm sure I'm missing stuff (like, Money 2003's file). I'm hoping this Saturday to setup my old computer for mom so she can get a new-to-her computer. So, instead of a 500, I've got a equiv-to-3000 machine. Niiice. I can run EverQuest again, and Conquerors quite nicely.

It's pretty nice, it's got 2 Firewire (tm - Apple) ports, "IEEE1394". Honestly, just license the name from Apple, it would make life easier for everyone. Anyways, that, plus 5 USB 2.0 ports, a 160 GB hard drive (which I need to resize to fit Linux(tm) on), a DVD burner + CD-RW drive. I'm happy. She's happy. We're happy.

We're also getting new glasses, although I'm going to keep my old ones for emergencies.

We were able to afford these because my work gave me ~$3700 net backpay. Because the accountant noticed that since last (LAST) january I'd been underpaid. So, we got new computers, new glasses, etc. Well, life goes on. I'm hoping to save some of it, but alot of it will go where it might have had I had it in the first place.