Happy things

[nonelvis]

1. I am now the proud owner of an iPad 2. Okay, I didn't desperately need one (although the ability to externally project from any application will probably come in very handy for work reasons), but then columbina decided he wanted an iPad 1, and we agreed he'd subsidize my new purchase if I gave him my current iPad. I have a pink Smart Cover. It is nifty.

2. ZOMG "THE DOCTOR'S WIFE" WAS AMAZING. I WANT TO DRAW MANY GIANT HEARTS ALL AROUND THIS EPISODE AND ITS DOCTOR/TARDIS SHIPPINESS OF LOOOOOOOOOVE. It's always been my fanon that the TARDIS wasn't exactly an unwilling participant in her own theft, and now it's CANON, BABY. They both stole each other away. THEIR LOVE IS TRUE ♥ ♥ ♥

I may need to go watch this again now.

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[syzygy-lj.livejournal.com]

I get paid this coming Thursday, but it will be the pay period two weeks after that before we get the new computer. And I cannot wait. It sucks to push a button or click a link and have time to put in a load of laundry before the computer actually responds. I can actually watch myself type. I cannot wait to have my shiny new Mac.

Why do computers get so slow? Or is it just PCs? Am I going to face the same thing when I get the Mac?

[syzygy-lj.livejournal.com]

PS: I miss the Internet like crazy. There are only so many things one can do from an iPhone, and I feel a little guilty surfing the web at work (not that it stops me, but I try to stay away from time-sucks like LJ and Tumblr).

[nonelvis]

It happens to all computers eventually in that as time passes, web and browser technology gets more powerful and resource-intensive, while your computer hardware stays the same. That said, there are often system optimizations you can perform to improve your computer's performance -- not just buying more RAM (which is often the simplest solution), but also running defragmenters and other cleanup utilities to remove spare files that could be slowing things down.

[syzygy-lj.livejournal.com]

I suppose the cheaper option would be to buy more RAM. But the more fun one is to buy an iMac. (To be fair, this computer is 5 years old. That's pretty good for a PC. We're going to keep him, and maybe use him as a Boxee or something.)