dpal on December 20th, 2007

I have finally imported the pictures of my new PC build, and I have to say that I am extremely satisfied with it. (The PC, not the pictures… well - they’re ok).
I now have the whole family using the linux partition as their workspace. I also set it up where linux would mount my Windows […]

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dpal on December 8th, 2007

I finally got everything put together for my PC around 1 or 2 this morning. I’ve gone ahead and loaded Windows and I’m downloading the 64-bit version of Ubuntu-Linux right now. I have to say that I absolutely LOVE this new computer!. One of the really nice pluses with my PC renewal strategy, is that […]

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dpal on December 7th, 2007

YAY!!! The last component for my new PC shold now be sitting at home waiting for me to install it. Both of my remaining parts should have been delivered yesterday, but for some reason, my video card got sent to Spartanburg, SC - then, once they noticed the mistake, they had to send it back […]

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dpal on December 3rd, 2007

WooHoo!!! So this weekend, I got the OK from my beautiful financial advisor to go ahead and order the parts for my new PC. Now, if you have been keeping up, my current PC of almost five years, kicked the bit bucket the day after Thanksgiving. I had been planning for a little over a […]

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dpal on November 23rd, 2007

Hope all of you guys had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was wonderful. We had a delicious Thanksgiving Day lunch served up by my very talented wife. Every year, our Thanksgiving fixins have gotten better and better. Later, we went over to Ruby and LD’s house and had the Coat’s family Thanksgiving Dinner. Again, it was […]

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dpal on November 21st, 2007

As an update to my last post, friend, co-worker, and fellow blogger, Philip points out that Walmart seems to have replenished its stock of the wildly popular gPC.

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dpal on January 19th, 2007

It’s about the time for me to upgrade my computer… Actually, it will be a full build. My current PC has lasted me since around Nov/Dec of 2002, and it is getting a little long in the tooth. If I were average user, the pc could probably last me another year or two, but I’m […]

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