This week I indulged my geekier side (thanks to DD for her patience and understanding) and built the new PC. It's name is Tyrannosaurus which continues the theme of naming our computers for ancient reptiles in honor of DD.
I couldn't be more pleased with all but one aspect of it. More on that one aspect later. The hardware is simply incredible and it runs much quieter than our previous PC. This puts Tyrannosaurus in the same league with a Mac Pro in terms of audible operating noise.
The quad core processor is smooth and fast. The RAM is spritely. The case is tight and includes thoughtful design features like vibration isolating drive mounts and a separate case chamber for the power supply and hard disks. I'm in geek heaven.
Except for that one aspect I mentioned earlier. I will be careful how I convey this disappointment because EV watched Bambi a few weeks ago and reminded me that "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say nothin at all..." With that in mind, I will say that Windows Vista is pretty, a la Mac OS X. That's all.
But not to worry. Linux to the rescue! And I can run Windoze in a virtual machine from Linux. If you following that last sentence, I'm impressed. If not, you probably have a decent social life. Congratulations. ;-)
I didn't follow that last sentence, But it looks like and sounds like an awesome machine. The fan looks like it could cool your whole house...
Posted by: JohnDeere | April 28, 2008 at 07:29 AM
The "machine" looks impressive! I hope it does a good job for you, I hear MS is possibly keeping XP!
Posted by: emptynest | April 28, 2008 at 07:40 AM