Yesterday my new computer was delivered and I was up till 1:30 am installing XP and all the software that I use. Tweaking it just so was also a priority and I'm so thankful that I've documented all the changes I've previously made.
Yesterday lunchtime I ran a Ghost backup so I'd have all my recent email and documents, only to discover later that it didn't work, I was shattered, losing everything for the last two months. Thank God I had a backup from June, so it wasn't so devastating.
The new computer is so fast, I'm rapt. It has double the ram of my old one and that makes all the difference. Multi tasking should be a breeze with the dual core processor. I'm happy now with my newest toy. We'll reshuffle the computers around for Alex and Carly, both will get an upgrade and Alex is excited because his old computer was running Windows 98 and not up to playing alot of the games he wanted. It will take some time though, there's hardware that will need swapping around, and first I have to get my old computer looked at: there's definitely something wrong with it. It makes a terrible noise when booting up and I think the fan is all but shot. It will be the second time I've had to replace it. Worth getting fixed though, it's a Pentium 4 and has been a good computer.
I'm running a Geforce 7200GS 128mb video card in the new computer and finally the 19 inch monitor I bought a few months back has the right resolution. It's an odd size, 1440 x 900, but the video card picked it right away, and no more fat pictures from widescreen LCD. The integrated 5.1 channel audio is perfect for surround sound, so I'll be making the most of the 30 GB of music I have on the computer.
I have less than a year now to give up smoking, I promised the kids I'd give up before I turn 50. The count-down has begun.