Buying a new computer May 26, 2006
I've owned the same PC for four years now, and I'm starting to take more notice of those Dell flyers :) I'm sad that CPU speeds haven't progressed very much (given the time span), but I'm sure the latest hardware would still be noticeably faster. A big question is whether to wait for Vista. Part of me thinks that I should wait, but another part of me thinks that it will probably be close to a year before it has finally shipped, and it might be smarter to wait a year after that to buy a PC with it so that the hardware has had a chance to catch up. (Who wants to run an OS that their machine can barely handle?) So maybe a new PC makes sense. I'll definately go for two LCDs -- once you've gotten used to two monitors (work) you feel pretty constrained by one. Media Center is also an intriguing possability.
Postscript: I read up on the mobile version of Core Duo yesterday. Summary: Slightly better performance with slightly better battery consumption... or if you're doing a lot of multi-tasking or using a program designed for more than one CPU, then quite noticeably better performance.
Cottage Construction May 24, 2006
I had the opportunity of spending Saturday down at the cottage to check out the hard work that has been going into the peaked ceiling and loft... it's looking great!
