Tech Family Growing

Maybe it’s because I’m a woman. Or maybe it’s just because I’m odd. Whatever. I get emotionally attached to my computers. That means that if I don’t have to toss them out, I don’t. I just figure out a new use for them.

For example, the old Compaq laptop that ran Windows95 now boots to MS-DOS6.2 just so I can remember commands. My old Gateway2000 with a P-133 (yeah, seriously) didn’t have enough oomph for Ubuntu so now it runs DSL (Damn Small Linux).

My current desktop, perfectly capable of running XP, is running Windows 98SE as a protest against Microsofts’s Genuine Advantage stuff and all the registration that was mandatory with Windows XP. Yeah, I know. Like Bill Gates cares about my computer. Especially since my newest laptop does run XP. So much for my protest, huh?

And now I have my newest computer, running Vista, waiting to be set up. I’m going to be doing that in a few minutes. I’ll use my old 19″ CRT for now; I’ll save up more money to buy a nice LCD in a month or so. I’ll just have to hook up my old 98SE machine to a little 15″ Acer. After I get my new monitor, I’m going to get the Acer (which is a Windows 95) loaded with some kid games for Kendyll.

Now, before you write me off as totally crazy, rest assured that my old 286 and 386 are long gone. Nick and I tore them apart as a learning experience a decade ago and I don’t even remember what we eventually did with them. All I do know is that I love my old relics. I love that I can always find something to do with them. And I love that before too long, my office will be wall to wall computers!

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