# I finally have a new computer! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644 "2004-09-29T08:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/1 "2004-09-29T08:17:52Z")
Yes, the day has finally come! 😃 Those of you who have been here for some time will remember my [wishing that I had a new computer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3324054&postcount=5), definitely [more than once](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2706180&postcount=31). Yes, I’ve done that [in response to questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2657342&postcount=25). (also as part of [a fantasy Xmas gift list](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2465631&postcount=19)) Hell, [I’ve even bitched about it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=123966&highlight=computer). But I’m very happy to report that I now have a new computer, thanks to my friend Vernon! 😃 (Win XP, Nero CD-burning program, Mozilla Firefox, AVG 6.0, a 56K modem, a DVD drive, etc. ----\> wooyeah!) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/2 "2004-09-29T08:23:13Z")
Alright! Me next! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/3 "2004-09-29T12:38:27Z")
Thanks Vernon! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/4 "2004-09-30T00:18:29Z")
**Larry** , you can do this… you just have to be very patient! (I’d been waiting since May 2003 for this to happen) By the way, we totally have to get together now I’m back from my trip… let me know next time you’re around my place, okay? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/5 "2004-09-30T00:38:12Z")
Congratulations. I have a problem with computers. I have to build a new one every year. As soon as I finish one, I’m already looking at what to get for the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/6 "2004-09-30T01:32:54Z")
I´ve got my new computer today too. Quite good stuff, PIV 3.0 MHZ, a very good Intel MotherBoard, good HD, dual channel RAM, a very, very nice 19" monitor and I´ll soon add a GeForce FX5900 graphics card. This thing rocks… or will rock as soon as I install Windows XP; so far no luck, I´ll keep trying. =/ ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/7 "2004-09-30T02:29:59Z")
HOLY COW! It starts up and loads Windows in 6 seconds flat!!! :eek: _Does the happy geek dance_ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/8 "2004-09-30T02:50:21Z")
Thanks, **Burrido**! I was wondering when this would ever get done, but I understood Vernon was busy with wedding planning and such. **Ale** , that’s so cool! 😃 My friend Corey was right… the restart time is like under a minute with my computer now. (before, it would take bloody AGES… ) ---
**Author:** ![Kiminy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-have-a-new-computer/266644/9 "2004-09-30T03:51:19Z")
> [@Burrido](#): > > Congratulations. I have a problem with computers. I have to build a new one every year. As soon as I finish one, I’m already looking at what to get for the next one. Only _one_ a year…? I generally build a new computer or install a new MB/CPU in an existing computer about every six to nine months. We have a network of five desktops and a laptop for me, DH, and two kids. I have constant wishlists of components to get, and when I get enough parts for another computer, I spend a weekend putting it together. Part of me wants to buy a new, in-the-box computer just _once_ in my life though, so that I know what it feels like to set up a brand new computer, turn it on, and have it ready to go with the OS already installed, and all the software I need already on the Start menu… The other part of me wants to build a Linux box…