Geeking out

[bubosquared]

I've decided I need a new computer. Not soon, but within this and the next year or so. Basically, anything I save beyond the € 2,000 for my New Year's Resolution is going to go towards a new computer. That'll give me roughly € 1,600 - € 2,600, plus whatever I can get for my old computer.

So I'm now browsing through sites and stuff, trying to gauge what the requirements would be for something like Everquest, because apparently I'm looking to become a gamer. *facepalm*

Right now, I'm looking at about € 2,200 including taxes, if I get a nice Dell, with a 15" flatscreen monitor, a (small) digicam and a combination printer/fax/scanner, actual legal software, a 2.8 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM, a surge protector (always a good thing, or so I learned after my TV got lightninged to death), actual guarantee, and a 120 GB Hard Disk, all wrapped up in one fo those nice, sleek, black Dell cases. I'm thinking that'd be a pretty good deal. And a lot of motivation to save a lot of money. :D

And I'm sure all of the above was of no interest to any of you. Sorry?

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[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

Apology accepted? ;-)

*watches computer-talk floating way above her head*

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hee! In non-geek language, it means that this computer will be almost three times as fast as my current one, have nearly four times as much "working memory" (you know how a computer slows down sometimes when you've seven different programs open? that's the RAM being full), and a hard drive that's three times as big. Waaay big improvement over my current one, which really isn't all that bad.