I’m thinking about replacing most of the guts of my desktop computer again. I last did this in October 2002, so I’m about due. I’m looking at an ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard, an Athlon 64 3200+ processor, an Asus AX550 video card, a gig or two of Corsair RAM, a WD 250 GB hard drive, and maybe a DVD burner and a new power supply. The lot could set me back about $900. I still need to do some more research, but I think I’ve identified a bunch of stuff that should work well together. I’ll probably be sticking with Newegg again — I got the parts for my current computer from them, and they’ve generally been competent and fair.
Category: hardware
iHome
I picked up an iHome from Costco today. If all goes well, I should wake up to the sounds of John Coltrane tomorrow.
New Palm stuff
cheap hard drives
I noticed a 400GB SATA drive in CostCo today, for $250. I thought that was pretty amazing, but I just checked Froogle, and that’s actually not an uncommon price. And here I am with a measly 100 GB.
spending money
My new mattress is mighty comfy. Definitely worth the money.
I ordered a new iBook today. Basically, the current standard 14″ model, with the RAM upped to 1 GB. I’m getting almost $500 for my old one, which pays for a bit under half the new one. Good deal.
IOGEAR KVM
Would this be a good KVM to use with a Mac Mini?
New Camera
I bought a Minolta Dimage Z10 this weekend. I used it to take a bunch of pictures at my friend’s anniversary party yesterday, and it seems to have worked well. I’ll post the pictures later.
palmOne Tungsten T5 Handheld
Time for a new handheld? Maybe. My i705 is starting to show its age.
No More Palm.Net
Palm.Net to cease 31 August: I discontinued my Palm.Net account some time ago, but I still have my Palm i705. I guess the antenna is officially useless now. Oh well. The web service on my cell phone is pretty bad. Time to switch to a Treo 600 maybe?
new notebook computer
I’ve been thinking about buying a new notebook computer. I don’t absolutely need one, but the old one is getting a little dated. I’ve been thinking that maybe I’m jumping the gun, and the old one ought to hold me for another year, but I just checked, and I bought it in January 2001, so it’s more than three years old now. And I bought it refurbished. So, yep, it’s about time.