Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
I have just taken delivery of my first new desktop PC for about 7 years. It’s nothing fancy – an ACER Aspire 4110, but it’s got all the latest gadgets and bells and whistles that any serious blogger might want.
My old computer, also an Acer Aspire, had been lugging along like a tired tugboat engine ever since I bought it second-hand from a fellow expat back in 2000. But recently it finally started to show signs of advanced age – very slow, Internet connection cutting out randomly, and an annoying tendency to expect me to re-set the clock every time I switched it on! The last straw came last week when the modem developed a seemingly fatal fault, and stopped working.
So, taking advantage of an almost unbelievable special offer in one of the local computer shops, I made my purchase, throwing in a webcam for good measure. I’ve got Windows XP, the latest versions of Microsoft Office (my how different Word looks now!) and a whole plethora of weird and wonderful bits and pieces that I might never use in my life, but which look great on my desktop!
I have just had a man round to install STREAMYX, which is the main Malaysian Broadband service – so I will not have to fall asleep while waiting for web pages to download any more. Despite a great deal of fiddling about, the man managed to set up the service, and I have finally joined the high-speed broadband generation.
This will mean that I will be able to resurrect my old interest in computers that kind of atrophied along with the quality of my home PC. Now, I’m going to get myself updated with all the latest developments – get into wireless Internet, music downloads, video editing, all kinds of stuff. It might even mean that I will be able to post more stuff to you, my dear readers! With more pictures!
In the meantime, I will continue to explore this new Aladdin’s Cave of electronic delights.
Abracadabra!!
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