ptomblin's Journal: Upgrade blues

I have the computer upgrade blues again. The difference is that, for the first time in my life, the blues aren't because I want an upgrade but can't get it. This time I have an upgrade, but I don't want it, and don't want to spend the time to switch over to it.

It's easy to see why all the hardware manufacturers have declining sales now - the previous generation is fast enough for just about everything, so why spend thousands getting the latest whizzy upgrade when everything you do is limited by the speed of the network rather than the CPU?

Several months ago I was told I had an upgraded machine on order. I said I didn't want it, my current machine is fast enough and I'm too busy to configure it so they should give it to somebody who needs a faster computer. They told me that the sysadmins would take care of installing RedHat 9 and everything else I need, and if I didn't take the upgraded computer, I couldn't get the nice 21" monitor that comes with it, and I'd be stuck on my 17". Ok, I said, I'll take it.

A month or two went by, and they dropped off the computer, but no monitor. I was still busy, so it's been sitting under my desk unplugged since then. We've hit code freeze, so I'm not very busy right now, so I decided to set it up. Only two problems: The other network drop in my cubicle is dead, and the promised 21" monitor is nowhere to be found.

So the upgrade is on hold again. And I don't give a damn.

Currently playing on my iPod: Bob Bossin, Gabriola Island VOR 1X0.