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I spent money like a drunken sailor again: a case fan for my new computer, a
hard drive fan, new headphones with built-in mic, a digital optical drive
sound cable, a can of compressed air for blowing out my keyboard, a cheap
but nice new mouse pad. The big ticket item was a $50 video and TV capture
card with 256 Meg of built-in memory. It should be delivered early next
week. It's a PCX16 card and I have a brand new spankin' PCX16 slot waiting
for it. A bit excited.

I went on Microsoft's website and downloaded their free trial version of XP
Pro 64-bit but don't like it, so I've just stopped using it and am just
going to let the trial period expire. There is another trial version of XP
Pro SP2 x86, and I might take advantage of that just because of the upgraded
driverpack. But a new product code from Microsoft costs $199! That's more
than XP Pro costs even at Business Depot.

My next purchase will likely be a decent sound card. The software with the
one I'm using right now isn't ideal.

Miki

I must admit a bit of a spending spree can be good for the old mental
health.



"Miki Kocic" <email munged so don't reply by email> wrote in message
news:13io9l5kk1ca4c6@corp.supernews.com...
>I spent money like a drunken sailor again: a case fan for my new computer,
>a hard drive fan, new headphones with built-in mic, a digital optical drive
>sound cable, a can of compressed air for blowing out my keyboard, a cheap
>but nice new mouse pad. The big ticket item was a $50 video and TV capture
>card with 256 Meg of built-in memory. It should be delivered early next
>week. It's a PCX16 card and I have a brand new spankin' PCX16 slot waiting
>for it. A bit excited.
>
> I went on Microsoft's website and downloaded their free trial version of
> XP Pro 64-bit but don't like it, so I've just stopped using it and am just
> going to let the trial period expire. There is another trial version of XP
> Pro SP2 x86, and I might take advantage of that just because of the
> upgraded driverpack. But a new product code from Microsoft costs $199!
> That's more than XP Pro costs even at Business Depot.
>
> My next purchase will likely be a decent sound card. The software with the
> one I'm using right now isn't ideal.
>
> Miki
>

"Box Head" <snailmaill@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bOednXbDuJduD7DanZ2dnUVZ_tajnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>I must admit a bit of a spending spree can be good for the old mental
>health.

Except that I've seriously overspent. Because of bank charges one of my
PayPal payments will bounce and then my bank manager will give me s***. I
don't know if I'll be able to convince her that I wasn't gambling.

Miki