Bought a brand new Gateway, struggling to get used to Vista… hope this wasn’t a mistake.
Oh, well, maybe this was one of those impulse buys, even though C/NET really liked it and picked it for a recent Editor’s Choice award. My previous desktop computer (the one Riley liked to sleep on) would no longer boot up and since there’s a Tiger Direct/CompUSA nearby, it was decided (yay) that I would have a new computer rather than settle for replacing the old CPU and soldiering on with the previous system (which was made up out of extra parts David had)
One of the main goals was to have a better online experience, as well as faster graphics generally. We thought we were getting the best thing for the price, but when we got it home, David noticed the specs weren’t what he’d had in mind (there were a lot of choices in the same price range). This system was a good deal and it didn’t come with much that I didn’t need (no monitor, have one already) and at first when we got it up and running, I thought it wouldn’t run Second Life all that well… ARGH. However, after upgrading SL to the newest version, it didn’t seem to have many problems.
We’ll see how it goes. Everything is under warranty, anyway.
