He just got a brand spankin’ new computer from Dell. A gaming system, to be exact.
He’s planning on taking a few days to rearrange his office and set things up so that it’s all nice and neat before he unpacks the thing and sets it up.
If it were MY computer, I’d have it set up and be tryin’ out the games within 20 minutes of the UPS man leaving the house. If it had to sit on the FLOOR I would do it, I don’t care. It’s a NEW TOY. MUST PLAY WITH IT.
He’s not reading the installation instructions, is he? That huge sheet of color-printed instructions with big, cheerful drawings of the computer at each stage of setup?
I bet he’s saving all the boxes and bags and twist-ties in case he has to ship it back to Dell.
The system has been here for at least 3 hours now. He just came into my office with a tape measure to measure the depth of my desk and where my monitor is placed on it so that he can make sure he has enough room on his desk (he bought the same giant 21" monitor that I have). Now he’s in the basement, rummaging around for folding tables.
Meanwhile, the computer sits on the floor, looking forlorn and unhappy. It wants to be playing Morrowind, or Everquest, or even just surfing the Web. Poor thing, I’d better go comfort it…
HmmMmmmmmm, good idea, Heresiarch. But the two computers are so much the same that it would hardly matter. 'course, his is just an eeenzy weenzy bit better than mine cuz it’s newer, and he did spring for the surround sound system. He’s also got an ATI 9700 video card, and I really, really want to see how it compares to my Ti4600.
It’d be hard to sneak in there, though. He’s practically sitting on the thing, so getting it out from under him would be difficult at best. Maybe I can create a distraction. Can anyone come by and create a stir in the front yard? Perhaps a marching band, or bring an ostrich? That would help.
Now he’s WORKING again. Talking on the phone to a cow-orker about FORTRAN, of all things. OldBroad is right, he IS a sicko.
Rubes, no, measuring and planning is NOT a yooper thing. Problem is, Mr. Athena ain’t no yooper. At best, he’s a yooper-in-law. He’s only lived here 5 months, and I’ve been gone for 11 years, so we’ve picked up some annoying non-yooper traits.
So, um, is Medal of Honor good? Should I go buy it?
Ooh, In Conceivable, you’ve just become my favorite Doper for linking to a Gamespy review.
And Athena, I had an 80GB hard drive sitting on my desk for over a week before I installed it. I had this dilemma: primary or secondary drive. I finally settled on secondary drive so I wouldn’t have to spend a week installing crap and then turn around and do it again when I get a new CPU & mobo. Now that’s grown up!