I had to break down and finally replace my extremely old computer.

I've had this computer for 3 years now and but when I built it, it was based off of parts that were about 2 years old. So my knowledge of computers is at least 5 years old. In the last couple of years, I continued to upgrade the computer, but only based on these aging technologies.

Two weeks ago, my computer finally died. The computer had been unable to keep up with some of my programs, so when the network port on the motherboard shorted-out, I decided that it was time to get a computer. So Carolyn and I came up with a budget and it was time to go shopping. That's when I realized I knew nothing about today's computer technologies. Looking at Intel's computer chips, I didn't know the difference between Core 2 Duos, dual cores, quad cores, quad core extremes, let alone the other components needed for computers. I miss the days when you just knew that a Pentium III was faster than a Pentium II; and a 1.2 Ghz processor was faster than 1.0 Ghz.

I even needed to upgrade the power supply in my case! Who knew?

Anyways, I think it was worth it though. In the end, a similarly configured computer on Dell would have cost a third more than what I paid, but still not be as fast. Hurray for properly working computers!