My Christmas list is an ever growing project. Problem is, there’s stuff on there from like 2005 that I’m still pining for.
I am really in need of a new monitor. I’m still holding on to my old CRT, only because – like so many other CRT’s – it won’t die. It has some kind of brown gunk leaking out of it, but it still works. Plus I”m just too darn cheap to get a new one. Heck, as soon as I come up with an extra $100 it ends up going to fixing something or replacing something that can’t be fixed.
While I”m at it, I also can really use a new DVD drive. I have a DVD burner and a DVD reader in my computer, as I like to be able to copy disks directly. But the reader won’t open anymore. I think the part that holds the disk and spins the disk has become magnetized and just won’t move. I have several paperclips that I use to pop the tray out when I need it. You can hardly buy a plain DVD reader anymore, and burners only cost like $25, so I’m not sure why I’m holding back so much.
Oh, and I’d like a new CPU. My motherboard is old, old, old…at least by tech standards. I made my PC to be upgradeable but really haven’t done much in the way of upgrading it beyond adding RAM and a new (and unnecessary) soundcard. So finding CPU’s that are still compatible with my system is a lot harder today than it was a couple years ago. AMD just doesn’t make processors that work with my board anymore. But there is this AMD Athlon II X2 processor that’s about as high as I can go without significant tweaking to my board and would be a significant speed jump for about $65-70.
Well, here’s hoping!
