I have a new computer. A NEW COMPUTER, do you hear me? While I may be your favorite internet geek (and I am, right?), I’m not much of a hardware girl, and you’ll all be shocked to learn that up until yesterday, I’d been using a computer I bought in 1998. Yes. Five years ago. The same computer. I bought it with money I made from a three week business trip I did for “Entros”:http://www.forrest-pruzan.com/entros_frame.html. Remember “Entros”:http://www.forrest-pruzan.com/entros_frame.html ? Maybe you don’t. The business trip involved implimenting a scavenger hunt/massive puzzle that spanned the entire state of Arizona. 50 Brits who’d won a Marlboro UK contest were flown to Arizona, loaned convertable Mustangs, and set out across the state to try to win this scavenger hunt thing. The winners got $100,000. I put in three weeks of 18 hour days assisting Sue, the fantastic project manager of the game, and when we were done, there were two very rich Brits and I had enough money to buy a computer.

Sorry: the nostalgia took me over. Back to the point.

I have a new computer! One of the tech guys at work built it for me and I got it for a song. A SONG, I tell you. For those who want the geeky details, the machine has is a Pentium 4 with 256MB RAM, 16X DVD, 48x CDRW along with NIC card and modem. As I’ve already established, I am not a hardware-savvy person, but I consulted with Tim, my personal network adminstrator and god of all things technical, and he was impressed and said it was a good computer.

Things I am happy about my new computer: Wow, is it ever fast. Ooh, isn’t it nice how XP instantly and perfectly integrate both my cable internet connection and my digital camera? No installation of drivers necessary! Did I mention how fast the machine is?

I’m also using this as the opportunity to make the complete switch over to Mozilla. I’ve been using it at work, and have decided that it rocks.

Things still to do: import old data (can’t get Dre’s CD burner to work), install FTP program (any suggestions?), register Office xp programs, install new printer.

My old computer will be passed onto Andreas, who will integrate it into his studio. It’s been a good computer…has only crashed on me twice, and hasn’t ever lost any data.