R.I.P. Geek Machine: September 2004 – October 2008
Rest well, old chum.
This was my first REAL computer. I did all my research, decided this computer was just right for me and went to the store to take it home.
Unfortunately, all of those computers had already been purchased, and all that remained was the demo model, sitting there on a shelf with no purpose. Not wanting to go home empty handed, or settle with an inferior machine, I offered to buy this runt of the litter, provided they promised full warranty just in case sitting powered up and idle for months had severely decreased its lifespan.
I took it home and I worked that machine hard over the next 4 years. Massive amounts of writing, downloading, websurfing, video editing, and inhaling of a LOT of 2nd-hand cigarette smoke. It did it’s duty and did it well; it was a true workhorse.
About midway through the year I knew its time was coming to an end. It was getting slower and slower and it would groan during some of the harder tasks and I would give it a rub and a bit of a pat and say “Just hang in there a little while longer old boy, just a little longer”.
Finally, a couple Thursdays ago, I woke up and went to the tired, old horse to read the news while I ate cereal and got ready for work and I discovered it had passed on in the night. I had left it on so i could recharge my mp3 player and even though it had expired, the mp3 player was still charging when I discovered its corpse.
Faithful to the end.
I have a new computer now, one I have dubbed the Mean Machine. It’s jet black and faster, stronger better, superior to the Geek Machine in every way, but I still miss the old boy.
It served me well.
~TS
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