My 1000th Post

This is my one-thousandth post!

If you're reading this, that means my new computer is working properly. :)

There were a couple brief moments of frustration while hooking everything up, but the majority of it went smoothly enough.

Ways in which my cyber-life rapidly changed today:

Before: Windows 98, the FIRST edition.
Now: Windows XP. (I've been warned to stay away from Vista)

Before: Pentium II processor.
Now: Intel Celeron E1200 1.6Ghz LGA 775 65W Dual Core processor. (Important note: I have no clue what any of that means; I'm simply copying it off the piece of paper here).

Before: One of those giant cumbersome monitors that is the size of a TV set.
Now: One of those cool-looking flat monitors! It takes up hardly any space, yet the screen appears huge!

Before: 13.5 Gig hard drive.
Now: My uncle built this for me, custom made, and I don't fully understand this, but he says it has two separate hard drives on it, sort of. The C-drive is purposely kept relatively small so it will run Windows fast and efficiently. But then there's the D-drive, which has 80 Gigs of space. Eighty! I realize there are even larger ones out there, but still, wow!

Before: CDrom that wouldn't work any more. Couldn't listen to CD's, couldn't utilize software.
Now: Brand new CD and DVD player, which not only PLAYS stuff but can actually write stuff onto disks too. I'm listening to a CD right now, as I type this.

I realize that the rest of humanity already had this technology in their homes many years ago. Finally I seem to have caught up. :) From what I understand, there is other stuff out there too, like fire and the wheel, that I might also like to explore.

I plan on spending the evening exploring just what else this marvelous machine can do. I also plan on visiting blogs and websites I couldn't visit before, because they kept freezing up the old computer. Facebook was particularly frustrating because it would inevitably freeze up whenever I scrolled down a page. Yahoo would give me trouble a lot too.

So, here goes! Wish me well!

Oh, and did I mention this is my 1000th post? :)

Nice coincidence, that my thousandth post just happened to be my very first post on the new computer.

Stay tuned tomorrow, when my Thursday Thirteen list will be a tribute to my friend Ed.
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