My New Toy

Monday, May 10, 2004

I am writing this entry from the keyboard of a shiny new PowerMac G5 (with matching 17” flatscreen display).

I had until now been using an aging G3 tower that’s been on its last legs. I bought it 5 years ago, and it hasn’t aged well. It sputters and coughs as it tries to keep up with OS X, so it was time to have it replaced.

I’m pretty happy to have a new machine because it means I can stop worrying about when my computer is going to crash and just concentrate on working and being creative.

I also picked up a juicy new 6x8 Wacom tablet to replace my 4x5 that wasn’t compatible with OS X. Plus, since the G5 supports dual displays wihtout needing a second graphics card, my old VGA monitor has jsut doubled my screen real estate.

Now that I don’t have to worry about using my computer without it imploding on me, all that’s left to worry about is paying this puppy off. Anyone have a couple thousand dollars just lying around?

Comments

5-10-04 · 6:49 am

mathew says:

wow. nice sounding comp. never posted here before, but i check the site all the time. love the work.
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5-10-04 · 9:16 am

Amanda says:

Congratulations! We still haven’t made the leap.

5-11-04 · 1:06 am

Ryan says:

I am stuck with a g3 tower right now too. I can empathize with the wheezing and sluggishness you experienced.

5-11-04 · 7:26 am

Ethan says:

Anyone have a couple thousand dollars just lying around?

I wish. I’m still knee-deep in Ramen noodles since picking up my PowerBook. Congratulations on the sweet new machine, though.

5-11-04 · 10:31 am

SPU says:

Must be nice. I got upgraded parts for my toy so I now have a rocket-speed P4 with a DVD burner and an orgasmic ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 9800 video card that’s sitting in the middle of my room gathering dust because the guy who shipped the card did not include the necessary adaptor to allow me to connect my monitor to it.

So, for the time being, I can watch a black screen and think “It may be doing nothing right now, but it’s doing nothing at blistering speeds!”