I’ve finally, finally bought a new computer. It is something I’ve been meaning to do since the beginning of this year (and even earlier, to tell you the truth). My old HP laptop was acquired early in the beginning of my first year of university. I’m entering, sorta, my fourth. That really should be all that needs to be said – whilst my laptop was rather powerful (and overpriced) for its time (and status as a laptop, not a desktop), it does not have the power I need in a computer. Especially since the battery is completely shot (it holds a charge for a minute and thirty seconds – my brother timed it) so it doesn’t even have the benefit of being portable (that’s what the eee pc is for).
Thus, a new computer was desperately needed. One that can handle my ridiculously oversized files in Photoshop and be able to multitask with twhirl, pidgin, chrome and iTunes running in the background.
Also, I bought the Sims 3 on release day and nearly died of horror when I realised that my laptop took as long to load the Sims 3 as the old desktop, the second computer we owned, took to load the Sims 1.
An upgrade was more than necessary at that point.