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05.05.98.1  This passed week has been combined with a brief visit to Geekville and an apparentness of my psychological profile in dealing with the departure of my current workplace.  None of which are related to each other, but nonetheless, they are the highlights.

Yes, I am tremendously happy about embarking in a new workplace.  Part of me is very excited.  Part of me is very nervous.  Nonetheless, there are implications of a new job I must deal with; both good and bad.  The good parts are new challenges, more money, blah blah blah… The bad part is that Xerox will want their laptop back.  Am I reluctant to give it back?  Yes, I am.  All I have at home is an old 486 that still runs Windows 3.1.  I have gotten spoiled with new technology and Xerox has leased me new equipment to carry around for the passed few years.

Determined that I am, hesitating for a short while, thinking that I could update the OS of the 486 and let it chug along in Windows 95 at two miles per hour: Mind you that everyone else is doing about fifty-five.  That just is how it would probably feel running the old system with the latest software.  Or, I could invest a couple of bucks in upgrading the system.  Seeing how I would actually have to upgrade every component in the case, that option seemed a little unreasonable.  Or, I could invest the same couple of bucks and get a whole new system.

I liked the later idea the best; only a techno-dweeb would feel the rush here.  …I am one.  …I feel the rush.

Actually, I have been browsing through Computer Shopper magazine for the last few weeks following the trends as the new 400MHz-processor machines hit the market.  Noticing that the arrival of the 440BX boards…blah blah blah (Okay, I will stop).  Main Idea = prices have dropped on older Pentium II systems.

Then, comes the blessing in last week’s Sunday paper.  Computer City runs an advertisement for a loaded 300MHz-PentiumII system for hundreds of dollars less than anything that I have heard about via mail order.  I think about it for the following days, rationalizing to myself that I really do need this system.  And finally, go and pick it up.  Liz comes along for moral support.  I look to her, she smiles, nods to me, freeing all guilt feelings that I may be harboring, and go forth on the purchase.  Excellent.

A few days later, Liz notices that her right wrist was hurting to a certain degree.  This bothered her before with the use of the old system, but it hurt more now, logically because she was actually using the new system more often.

Well, lucky for us, the touring computer show that usually comes around once a month was arriving for the coming weekend.

A few days pass, and there we were in the midst of Rochester’s Dome Arena, and shopping among the area’s best geeks and nerds are Liz and I.  Needless to say, I am in heaven.  My fingers are twitching, my mouth salivating.  I am loving this.  Looking over to Liz, she glances here and there, then to her watch, looks to me with a blank stare, smiles briefly, sighs, and glances away again.

I have to admit that she has been a good sport about all of this, cause I dragged her through every display table…twice.  Finally, about an hour later, we pick up the Microsoft ergonomic Natural Keyboard, the Intelligent Mouse, and a few software CDs, inquire about computer video cameras, and split.

This web page has been brought to you via a new loaded PentiumII-300MHz system with a MS Natural Keyboard and Intelligent Mouse.

 
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