Misc. geekiness

My copy of Windows XP dates from 2002 on the Restore disks that came with my computer. I changed out the C disk – the system drive – a few days ago and reformatted the new drive with the original software disks. I had to download over 200 security updates, patches, and software updates. My original copy of Internet Explorer was IE 5 – I downloaded, or went through several versions and got to IE 8, which is, I guess, not playing well with my older hardware.

 

 

Computers sold these days have more advanced processors than my single-core AMD Sempron (inexpensive "budget processor"). Everything has multiple core processors now – my computer is old.

 

 

 

Replacing the motherboard and processor is kind of like jacking up the hood ornament and driving a new car under the old one, eh, and not really sensible

 

It is not apparently not playing well with Internet Explorer. I downloaded Google Chrome, which seems to work very well. I’ve been avoiding Google anything because, I don’t know, iconoclasm, stupidity, whatever. Chrome seems to work flawlessly, so I made it my default Internet browser.

 

 

 

 

(fingers crossed)

 

 

 

 

I have looked into upgrading THIS machine to Windows 7, but, well, that "old" thing gets in the way – why not just buy a new machine?

 

 

 

 

I’m not sure I need to spend that money – or I mean, run up that credit card any more, and if I did, well, I guess I’d have to get a laptop – to take my computer with me.

 

 

 

 

Hmmm. Don’t have to wonder what that means.

 

 

 

 

ANYWAY.

 

 

 

 

The computer, new disk drive (an SSD disk, solid-state, no moving parts, no heat, no wear, The New Thing) installed and operating system fully updated, works well, and with the right software running, looks like it will be stable.

 

 

 

Onwards.

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Heavy rain today over an inch in one hour, with active thunderstorms and hail.  My Blacky Cat would have been hiding from the thunder – I miss him.

 

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