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computer shuffle
Every two years or so we undergo a big computer shuffle around here. We've got one going on right now.
My two computers (a desktop G4 iMac and a laptop G4 iBook) are being replaced by my purty new PowerBook G4. My daughter's older model G3 iMac is being replaced by my old G4 laptop. Which means I have to sell the G4 iMac and the older model G3 iMac.
Normally I give older computers away to charities or schools that need them, but in this case, as my husband pointed out, I kinda blew the cover off my budget and it would be a good idea to actually sell the older machines and try to recoup a little. But you know, I just hate the idea. I've written thousands of emails and millions of words on these computers. Even if I completely reformat the hard drive, the ghosts of the characters and the stories are still wafting around them. In an odd way it feels like selling a horse I've been hooking up to a work wagon day in and day out. Disloyal.
Eventually common sense (the husband's, not mine) will probably hold sway and they'll go onto Craig's List to see who might be able to provide a good home. But in the meantime I'm sitting here with this new thoroughbred stallion, admiring his gorgeousness and sleek lines and great resolution and huge screen and I'm feeling a little sad, and a little disloyal, and very, very thrilled.
October 26, 2005 04:52 PM
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ooooh. Shiny new toy. Go play!
Posted by: Alison at October 27, 2005 05:33 PM