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[featherynscale]

Just for the record, I like fixing hardware. It makes me feel sassy.

Also, I now inexplicably have approximately 80 G free hard drive space. I feel a sudden need to download things.

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[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Dude. I installed my new motherboard and hard drive in a new case ten days ago. Sunday I plugged in a borrowed video card, and tomorrow the RAM, cpu, and optical drive show up, and I'll be all set to install Vista.

I'm giddy with anticipation.

*waves geek flag proudly*

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Shiny! I think I am going to fail to adopt Vista, at least until it gets to the point where it doesn't attempt to eat your soul on install, or whatever. (Actually some DRM issues, but eat your soul sounds better.) You'll have to let us know how it works and if it's worth it.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm aware of Vista's DRM issues, which is one reason why I intend to keep the new box (I haven't named it yet) free of pirated media. All of that stuff will stay on the old XP box (Serenity) and external hard drives, where it can be easily disconnected in case of subpoena.

The new box (Galactica, perhaps?) is mostly for tinkering and games and stuff. As if I didn't expect finding Vista drivers to be sufficiently challenging, I'll be installing the 64-bit version, for added frustration value! Mainly I'm just anticipating the joy of discovering the ins and outs of a new operating system. And MS Office 2007, which I've heard has a completely new UI. (What? I'm a geek.)

I wouldn't allow myself to depend on a new Windows OS until at least the first service pack, anyway. And why would I want to get rid of my perfectly good XP installation, which I've spent YEARS tweaking so that it's just the way I like it?

(BTW, I'm not paying for Vista or Office either, my sister gets free licenses through her MS Technet subscription.)

[teross50.livejournal.com]

with lj user="orcjohn"> as my Mystic guide, and seeing eye friend, I went to Micro=center I picked up a gig of RA<. and will return next month for an additonal hard drive 80g for my box. It will be like new, as well, when I am done,