{"id":15202,"date":"2009-07-14T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15202"},"modified":"2009-07-14T09:39:13","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T15:39:13","slug":"back-on-the-new-computer-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/14\/back-on-the-new-computer-trail.html","title":{"rendered":"Back on the new computer trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Computers are keen!\" style=\"WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 224px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/computers.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A combo of factors has me looking at getting a new PC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Increasing problems with my work laptop (which I use at home).<\/li>\n<li> No budget to buy new machines at the office until 1 October &#8211; and the standard laptop config right now sucks, anyway.<\/li>\n<li> A desire to separate my work and home computing some.<\/li>\n<li> A need for a <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/2009\/07\/champions-online-specs-ruh-roh.html\" target=\"_blank\">more powerful gaming computer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I still want to stick with a notebook, because I still want to set up downstairs (but be able to move it when need be). So a &#8220;luggable&#8221; laptop is okay, but a full desktop is not.<\/p>\n<p>Most of my computing needs are pretty straightforward. If it can handle a browser with fifty tabs open, I&#8217;m probably okay. I do play a few computer games, but I don&#8217;t watch movies on my computer, do video editing on my computer, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I am not brand name-centric. I do get an employee purchase program with Dell, which I&#8217;m looking at, but I&#8217;m also open to other manufacturers, and will probably make a swing past some local big boxes to see what they have on sale.<\/p>\n<p>My main regret about this (aside from the logistical nightmare of migrating to a new machine) is that I had really hoped to wait until Win7 comes out. Whether I get a machine with Vista or a downgrade to XP, I&#8217;ll probably want an OS upgrade during the life of the unit, and that&#8217;s likely to a serious PitA.<\/p>\n<p>So, any thoughts to contribute to the fray?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A combo of factors has me looking at getting a new PC: Increasing problems with my work laptop (which I use at home). No budget to buy new machines at the office until 1 October &#8211; and the standard laptop config right now sucks, anyway. A desire to separate my work and home computing some. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/14\/back-on-the-new-computer-trail.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Back on the new computer trail&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-computer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11408,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/04\/laptop_dance.html","url_meta":{"origin":15202,"position":0},"title":"Laptop Dance","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 4-Sep-07 12:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I like havling a laptop computer for the ability to take it places I couldn't access a normal computer from. 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