Old computer
I know that computers don’t have souls. I know that computers don’t have feelings. Even so, I feel bad when I cast aside a beloved old computer and replace it with a faster, more capable upstart.
Ever since I got a new laptop last August, I have been using my desktop computer less and less. The desktop’s only real advantage was its monitor, which had vastly superior color reproduction compared with my laptop’s screen.
Seriously, the color on my Dell laptop’s 15.4″ WUXGA screen is atrocious. It’s bad enough to be basically unusable for photography work. No amount of calibration seems to fix the problem. Solution? Hook up the desktop’s Dell 2001FP, which has fantastic color, to my laptop and go dual-headed.
That relegated the desktop to file/print server status. The last nail in the coffin will be driven home when I get around to buying an external hard drive for my laptop.
So long, trusty steed.
are you just going to use an external HD? i am looking into a NAS with redundancy for my laptop/desktop that i can connect to remotly. nothing on the market’s that appealing so if you see something cool let me know.
Yeah, I think I’m going to get an external drive with a USB 2.0 interface. The NAS systems look cool, but I don’t think a networked solution is needed in a single-computer environment. I could mirror files to my web server if remote access or additional redundancy would be helpful.