Spring Fashion Show

Turns out, upgrading can become slightly addicting...

In addition to building a PC for our class project, I've found that my home computer could use a few helpful tweaks. When I was inspired to finally set up automated backup by a great cnet TFDL episode, I realized my CD-ROM was in fact just that - Read Only. No burning capability. I guess you can see how often I burn a CD or backup...(insert shameful icon here). Well, NO MORE!! I replaced my standard Dell-issued CD-ROM with a Sony DVD/ CD-WR. It was pretty smooth, all in all. Dell, IMO, has a great way of mounting drives - these green brackets that remove easily. I'm not sure this is standard on all Dells, but on my Optiplex, it's pretty great. it's made swapping the drives painless - well, not if you include when I bumped my head on the desk while retrieving screws from underneath it!

Next on my list - MEMORY UPGRADE! I never throught I would say this, but I am pretty excited to see the difference in performance! Stay tuned!