It's here it's here!

So, my new computer got built and delivered in better time than expected.

This is a Dell Dimension 9200 with a 2.13 GHz Core2 Duo, 2 GB of memory, and GeForce 7900 video. The 20-inch wide-screen LCD they threw in with the thing also isn't bad.

None of it highest quality available, you'll notice. My experience with computers is that if I spend top dollar to buy top-of-the-line stuff I'm going to be pretty annoyed when it's not top-of-the-line anymore a year from now, and why the hell did I spend so much money on it, then. This way I rebuild or buy a new one in two years and not be too bothered by the expenditure.

So far as dealing with Dell goes, they made my system with what I wanted in it for pretty cheap, and while I may yet re-install the OS to get rid of the foofy Dell stuff infecting the thing, so far it seems pretty alright. Maybe I can turn off the foofy Dell stuff...

And the case is pretty nifty. My wireless card install was painless, literally. No scraped knuckles or anything. No tools required, layout inside is clean and neat. And it runs really quiet.

Anyway, I'm very happy that I get to play with it over the long weekend, since it'll likely take me the entire time to install all the stuff I want on there. All I got done last night was the basic hardware setup and OS update, and a few other little things. So, I can't tell you at the moment how nice a game of Warcraft it plays.

Though, I can tell you that it is right now playing a very nice game of climateprediction.net.