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Cutter's Log – Stardate 8002.02.21
Current Song – That's The Way of the World (Earth, Wind and Fire)


THE NEW COMPUTER IS HERE!!!!

ThinkCentre M55 (TCE Vision)
8811-FHU

Pentium 4D 3.0 Ghz CPU
1G DDR2 RAM (I'll get the other 1G ram later)
160G SATA Hard Drive
CDRW/DVD drive
Onboard Video
Onboard Audio
10/100/1000 Ethernet
6 USB 2.0 Ports
Windows XP

Hanns-G monitor

Speakers, mouse and keyboard

$582 and change


I bought it at the downtown computer store (Unique Computer), where my old dead one sits in a junk pile. Part paychecks, part blackjack winnings.

I spent about a day trying to figure out where to plug it in at. The computer sits on my desk in the upstairs landing. There is a chance I may get the whole “den” moved into my bedroom. After all, the computer takes up 5/6 of my desk space. I've got other things laying on the floor next to steps, and I've got to move them soon. I took the power surge from our old computer and I had difficulty realizing that I didn't have any three-prong outlets upstairs. I didn't know there were such things as three-prong-into-two-prong resistors (they cost 33 cents).

At first it appeared that the power surge was not working. Then I found an on-off switch on the back of the computer tower. Duh!

After about an hour walking around it, I downloaded the “cheap” version of Microsoft Office, which is OfficeSuite. It's useful. I'm typing this blog entry on it.

The last couple of ingredients are the Internet and Anti-Virus software. I'm next to a phone jack, but I want to know if everything's okay before I use it. So I'm still using the Sterling Library as a temporary Internet watering hole.

All's okay. I just have to get used to this keyboard. I have to break it in, especially the “enter” key because it feels like two fingers have to press it in order to work.

Well, kind of.

There. Just had to press it harder.

I'm going to have to get used to the new “backspace” key. It is the same size as a keyboard letter key. Sometimes when I'm typing I hit the middle of the key. On this thing, where I would usually press is the backspace and \ and key. The keyboard also has feature keys at the top.

When I get the two necessities, I'm prepared to make this “Home One” when it comes to NISB functions.

I've got a lot of stuff to pick up!