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Happy 10th
birthday to my Dell 8200 Dimension!
10 years old is more
than half the time I have stared into the Internet. When you are old enough to
remember standing out with all the neighbors staring up into that October Sky
as Sputnik moved across what used to be called the heavens, “The Internet”
still seems a novelty.
Part
muse, part machine, even part friend … my Dell 8200 Dimension has been my
trusty side kick through every one of these blog entries.
Delivered
in July 2002 it was my only cyber side kick until late 2011 when it went into
semi-retirement, now sharing duties with a young Dell Inspiron 570 purchased
off the floor at Best Buy.
I’ve
embraced no smart phone, nor tablet, nor even lap top. Beyond my Dell Desktops,
I’m happy to have a simple cell phone that flips open, hoping that one day
Scotty will beam me up.
Eventually
it’s ancient speed further slowed by anti-virus programs and more just made
slow motion more like stop action.
WARNING
GEEK ALERT: It’s a Pentium 4 at 2.26 Ghz with 256 MB of RAM
Nearly
got whip lash the first time I took the Dell Inspiron 570 out for a drive on
the Internet over our Verizon FIOS connection.
Semi-retired
now the Dell 8200 Dimension serves primarily as data back up, and I run it off
line for some older programs I am found of.
“In a word: Wow! The Dell Dimension 8200 contains almost everything you'd want in a PC.” PC Magazine May 7, 2002
Over the
decade it surfed the Internet, was shared with a high school aged teen ager,
stored financial records, filed taxes, stored and shared digital pictures,
created and uploaded movies, scanned created and stored a decade of medical
records not only simplifying but empowering Multiple Sclerosis spouse
caregiving, composed eulogies and birth and wedding congratulations, sent and
received email, downloaded music both legal and sometimes not exactly … and
never complained.
Normally
I would tell anyone you cannot believe reviews but 10 years later, in a word:
Wow!
Patrick Leer
BLOGS:
Caregivingly Yours, MS Caregiver @ http://caregivinglyyours.blogspot.com/
Lung Cancer Odyssey @ http://lung-cancer-survivor.blogspot.com/
You make it sound alive, which maybe s/he is!
ReplyDeleteNone of mine lasted longer than six years - I think I'm rough on computers. I remember first reading/hearing about the 'world wide web' in the '90s, and I couldn't wait to go surfing. Since then, I've enjoyed my ride on the 'super highway,' and I wonder how I lived without it.
ReplyDeletePeace,
Muff
that was one sturdy computer tower!! Faithful too with its years of service! I'm with you about not having a smart phone; I don't need a piece of technology smarter than me :)
ReplyDeletebetty