The last PC I walked away from died of drive failure, but it really was her time after several college years. She was a solid home brewed girl that was top bits when I put her together. I seem to drive my PCs the way I drive my cars, into the ground. But really I just can't let go of them after the effort I put into them. I'm not the most tech savvy person there is, but I take pride what little I do know.
The little Macs are pretty, but I can never bring myself to do more than flirt with them. Anything with the power I need (and really I do need something that can kick a little graphics butt) tends to cost more than I'm able to drop. And I like getting a little down and dirty with my girls.
In the end, I like my wild red heads with their big boots. They aren't as chic as the little Macs, but they really are so much fun. ^.~
Well, It wasn't a proper PC, but rather my old Sun SparcStation 20. It saw service in the Israeli army for 15 years in various server roles, and finally ended up as my desktop - to the laughing ridicule of all the other non-unix people in the office.
The only time it ever rebooted was when we had a power cut.
I miss the Sparc in my e-life.
Grif,
Hey Will always enjoy your work, and yes I sub to channelflip.com,but still a PC holdout. Never had either a Big or Little Mac, but I'm sure some day I'll go there. Good luck.
I too have fallen in love with the sexy curves and petite size of the Macbook Air.
If I could have a week of wireless emailing, web browsing passion with any of my old computers it would have to be my iBook G4 - I've flirted with Windows but they seem more like regrettable one-night-stands in comparison.
The G4, she was the 11 inch 1GHz model with a 40GB drive and RAM upgraded to the headed height of 768MB. She was small and portable - although a tad on the heavy side - and the replacement battery meant she lasted way longer than I could.
At word processing I mean.
Obviously.
ahem, I do miss her but my Air has been the perfect replacement!
Until a year or so I'd compromised my standards and spent 7 tough years with a buxom blond (a PC) that occasionally gave me what I wanted, but a lot of the time caused me no end of headaches, wasn't big on conversations and could have been so much better! Now, I'm back to the woman of my dreams; who understands me and gives me all I need (an iMac). Although I certainly wouldn't mind spending some time with a MacBook Air!
A college fling with a 386 I bought with a DVD player. Actually, I'd leave the machine and go play inside the big box she came in that looked like a cow.
The last PC I walked away from died of drive failure, but it really was her time after several college years. She was a solid home brewed girl that was top bits when I put her together. I seem to drive my PCs the way I drive my cars, into the ground. But really I just can't let go of them after the effort I put into them. I'm not the most tech savvy person there is, but I take pride what little I do know.
The little Macs are pretty, but I can never bring myself to do more than flirt with them. Anything with the power I need (and really I do need something that can kick a little graphics butt) tends to cost more than I'm able to drop. And I like getting a little down and dirty with my girls.
In the end, I like my wild red heads with their big boots. They aren't as chic as the little Macs, but they really are so much fun. ^.~
Well, It wasn't a proper PC, but rather my old Sun SparcStation 20. It saw service in the Israeli army for 15 years in various server roles, and finally ended up as my desktop - to the laughing ridicule of all the other non-unix people in the office.
The only time it ever rebooted was when we had a power cut.
I miss the Sparc in my e-life.
Grif,
Hey Will always enjoy your work, and yes I sub to channelflip.com,but still a PC holdout. Never had either a Big or Little Mac, but I'm sure some day I'll go there. Good luck.
Great article Wil, a really entertaining read!
I too have fallen in love with the sexy curves and petite size of the Macbook Air.
If I could have a week of wireless emailing, web browsing passion with any of my old computers it would have to be my iBook G4 - I've flirted with Windows but they seem more like regrettable one-night-stands in comparison.
The G4, she was the 11 inch 1GHz model with a 40GB drive and RAM upgraded to the headed height of 768MB. She was small and portable - although a tad on the heavy side - and the replacement battery meant she lasted way longer than I could.
At word processing I mean.
Obviously.
ahem, I do miss her but my Air has been the perfect replacement!
ahhh the good ole days of using PINE on a VAX system. Can't even remember the machine I was on at the time. Maybe that part is a guy thing?
Great read Wil.
Until a year or so I'd compromised my standards and spent 7 tough years with a buxom blond (a PC) that occasionally gave me what I wanted, but a lot of the time caused me no end of headaches, wasn't big on conversations and could have been so much better! Now, I'm back to the woman of my dreams; who understands me and gives me all I need (an iMac). Although I certainly wouldn't mind spending some time with a MacBook Air!
roflé - good to see you writing again Wil.
I've never given any of my computers names, but I'm having trouble parting ways with my current ThinkPad.
My Amiga 500, with 1024 mb of RAM, two floppy drives, MIDI interface, sampler and the Philips monitor -hooked up to a big ass stereo.
I jumped first and you know it Wil!
A college fling with a 386 I bought with a DVD player. Actually, I'd leave the machine and go play inside the big box she came in that looked like a cow.