Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Monster Computer Arrives!

So I was scheduled for my Liposuction on March 11th.  Hearing that I'd need a full weekend to recover I was looking forward to playing EverQuest 2 the entire time.  They'd just put out an expansion that was fun and it seemed like an enjoyable way to endure the pain of recovery.

But as I played (in the days prior to the surgery) my Commodore--which is an awesome computer, still--began to struggle.  Seems that EQ had put in some new graphics requirements and my poor Commodore was having a tough time keeping up.  So I decided to special order a new computer that would be awesome...and let me play EQ at full blast...even after my recovery was done.

I called up the company and ordered, specifying that I wanted a "next day" build and a "next day" delivery.  That way it would arrive on the 9th and I could have it configured and EQ'd by the 11th.

Well.......here we are on the 31st! and the computer has finally arrived.  <sigh>



(60 Pounds of Box Waiting at the Door.)


(First Look at All of the Toys.)


(It's So Purty!  Looks like a Nike Running Shoe.)


(In the Place of Honor...Under My Desk.  It's Huge.  (That's what he said!))


(A Peek Inside)


(Quad-core, Dual graphics card, 12G of on-board RAM goodness!)


 The computer is huge and it runs like a dream.  Sadly, I haven't had a chance to play yet because I'm now installing and updating EverQuest which looks like it's going to take about 5 hours to finish!

So...maybe tomorrow some screen shots of the game in all its glory!