Thoughts 23 Mar 2008 07:28 am
New machine?
I have 4 or five computers that run and enough parts to build a couple more, but they’re not as up to date as I’d like.
My power supply died on my game machine. I turned it off, a few weeks later I turned it on and…. Nothing. –Dead silence.
My mind ran the gambit of what-ifs while I checked connections. I finally broke down and pulled a smaller psu out of one of my unused machines just to see if that’s what was wrong. It was. Now my problem is that because of my video card and the possibility of adding another one I need at least a 750 watt.
This means I need to either order from Newegg or drive out to Fry’s. Both are dangerous. I have been jones’n for a new machine for some time now. (You will notice that it had been a few weeks since I had even turned on my game machine.)
For some reason I have been considering a machine like Apple’s G5 complete with dual quad core processors, only better.
When last I checked, by the time I was done maxing out the G5 configuration it was around $10k. –Trust me, I can build better, cheaper.
The only problem is, I have no idea what I would use it for. –It’d be nothing more than very expensive bragging rights.
None of my software will run on Apple and the two monitors in front of me have specs every bit as good as any Apple monitor. So of course I’m thinking about an iMac for photo editing…. I already paid for a copy of Photoshop CS2. If I go apple I either dual boot to Winblows, which kind of defeats the purpose of owning a Mac, or I invest in a new copy of Photoshop.
Logic tells me that I should order a psu online rather than go someplace where I can get my hands on all the parts or the machine I want. —It’s really hard for some of us to tell ourselves not to buy a new toy when we can actually reach out and touch it.
We’ll see.