So we bought a new computer the other day because we were so sick and tired of how slow it was. granted, we still only have dial-up internet, but its still faster than it was. Our computer was approximately 10 years old with an INtel 700mHz processor (single-core)and 256MB of RAM. Our new computer has an AMD 2.6 GHZ dual-core processor with 320GB.
We also bought this software package to easily tranfser our old files, settings, and programs over but to run it we had to download all high priority updates from microsoft.com first. That literally took all night. Then the next night we made the transfer and started erasing the old computer so there was absolutely no information on it when we recycle it. We started running that program at midnight and it didn't finish up til around 3:30PM and remember, it only had 256MB of RAM and only a 14GB hard drive. Can you imagine how long it would take to delete the hard disk if it was bigger? And its friggin' amazing how quiet the new tower is. You can hardly tell it's even turned on. So thats the new computer. I'm not trying to brag or anything, I'm just excited that we finally got reid of our old one. I've been wanting to take it to a shooting range for quite some time because it was so frustrating to use.
Missionary Call
12 years ago
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Congratulations. Now, when you dispose of your old computer, remember to do so safely. Erase the heck out of your old hard drive with a program like CCleaner (I think it will be enough, but you may want to check) or take a hammer to it (so that thieves can't get access to any key data).
And I'm assuming you took it somewhere to be disposed of properly because it contains such wonderful chemicals like mercury and cyanide.
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