{"id":315,"date":"2006-12-26T23:09:52","date_gmt":"2006-12-26T14:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-12-26\/315"},"modified":"2006-12-26T23:09:52","modified_gmt":"2006-12-26T14:09:52","slug":"my-new-computer-is-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-12-26\/315","title":{"rendered":"My New Computer is Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

The new Dell\ncomputer<\/a> I ordered<\/span> a while<\/span> ago actually arrived ahead of schedule, two\nweeks ago, but I came<\/span> down with a cold<\/span> the evening it arrived, and am only\njust feeling good enough to write about it.<\/p>\n\n

In short: it rocks<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n

Its processor actually has a slower GHz rating than my old computer, but\nit's a Core<\/span> 2 Duo, and each of its dual processors is much faster than a\nsimilarly<\/span>-rated Pentium. It's fast. My old computer<\/span>'s name was\n“WINFOO<\/span>”. This one is “ZIPPY<\/span>”.<\/p>\n\n

It showed up one Wednesday at about noon. I pulled<\/span> it out of the box, and while wondering what a little<\/span> slidy\nthing on the top did, I was surprised<\/span> to find out that it released the side\nof the computer, so I could<\/span> see inside.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>Inside guts of my new Dell<\/span><\/div>\n\n

Cool. I remember<\/span> when you had to remove five screws, then slide the\nwrap-around cover off of the guts of the computer, just to see inside.\nMaintenance was a nightmare<\/span>; this is much nicer.<\/p>\n\n

After hooking it up, I booted<\/span> it, and over the next week or two, roughly in order:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. Removed a bunch of crap I don't want (anything related to MSN, Windows Messenger, or Outlook).<\/p><\/li>\n\n

  2. Did a Windows Update<\/a>. Not much was<\/span> updated, so I guess<\/span> Dell ships with the latest patches installed.<\/p><\/li>\n\n

  3. Tidied up the Start > Programs menu (why can't items be kept alphabetized automatically?)<\/p><\/li>\n\n

  4. Launched Internet Explorer to fetch something, and ran into my first unexplained program crash.<\/p><\/li>\n\n

  5. Tried again, successfully, and was able to install Windows Defender<\/a>.<\/p><\/li>\n\n

  6. Downloaded and installed Firefox<\/a> and configured it:<\/p>\n