Surprising Day - New Computer!

On Sunday, I had an interesting and exciting turn of events take place. After work, I met Heather at her mother's restaurant. The kids were asleep there, so the two of us walked into Carrefour. I usually like to stroll through the electronics section - that's just me. I mentioned to Heather that there was a Toshiba notebook computer for a very reasonable price, so with eyes rolling, she followed me.

Now, I often do stuff like this as a way of laying the groundwork with my CFO (that's Heather) for some unnecessary electronics purchase down the road. But today, we ended up talking to the sales person about a bunch of different computers, and after about 30 minutes of discussion, we decided to buy a new computer! Our current desktop, which is four years old, has been fixed and refitted with so many new parts that we thought we had a new computer. However, it has been giving us trouble, and now was a good time to upgrade to a more powerful machine.

Thus, our new Compaq computer will include a DVD burner, surround-sound (7.1 channel) audio, 1 GB RAM, plus the other standards of a P4 computer. We could have added a 19-inch LCD monitor for an extra hundred thousand won ($100), but we already have a nice 17-inch LCD. Hmmm, as I write this, I wonder if it doesn't make sense to get that bigger screen at the reasonable price.

Anyway, that computer is supposed to be delivered on Thursday. I look forward to the newest addition to my electronics collection when I get home!