Bad, Bad Computer
The computer was on the fritz. Fried motherboard. Took awhile to get the problem diagnosed. PCE Computing did the diagnosis for free as long as I purchased any hardware from them. Considering that purchasing a new motherboard was out of the question, I decided to buy a surplused Dell tower from Boeing Surplus. Nice specs and only $150.
When the old computer started to go south, I had a difficult time messing with XP. Of course, the problem was hardware related, but the experience was enough to make me want to switch careers out of computers. But instead, I made the switch over to Ubuntu. I know I'm jumping on the bandwagon, but I was really impressed with the interface. It doesn't work with all of my hardware, but I set up a vmware server XP image for those tasks that need windows. The rest is running on Ubuntu.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm back online now, and have access to my photos again. I'm going to catch-up on some posts.
When the old computer started to go south, I had a difficult time messing with XP. Of course, the problem was hardware related, but the experience was enough to make me want to switch careers out of computers. But instead, I made the switch over to Ubuntu. I know I'm jumping on the bandwagon, but I was really impressed with the interface. It doesn't work with all of my hardware, but I set up a vmware server XP image for those tasks that need windows. The rest is running on Ubuntu.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm back online now, and have access to my photos again. I'm going to catch-up on some posts.
posted by Alex at 10:06 PM
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