Mostly Harmless

My dad’s old computer has given up the ghost! (It’s probably the power supply but could be the logic board, which means fixing it could cost $99 to $299.)

Now since my dad thinks like me, or vice versa, he would rather buy a new computer than spend any more money fixing up the old one (which is a dinosaur). Therein lies the problem. It is very likely that soon my dad will have a computer that is newer and faster than mine!!

Oh the humanity!

I have enjoyed a comfortable MHz lead for the last two years, now he is preparing to leapfrog my computer by about the same margin that I rocketed past his machine.

However, since my dad is cheap (thrifty, whatever), he will buy the bottom of the line G4/466. I, on the other hand, plan on buying a G4/500 upgrade for my Mac (someday, perhaps soon). This will give me a slight edge in raw CPU numbers but leave me lacking in various subsystems (i.e. video, memory, etc.). I will take whatever small lead I can get for the moment — which will keep the Earth spinning correctly on its axis — and continue waiting for just the right time to buy a completely new dual- or quad-processor machine, which will solidify my lead for another year or two.