Trash !80

TRS80, was a hot item for consumers during the 1980's when I was a wee lad.

I'm a geek. I hang with geeks. I like geek type of stuff. I guess that's my label or what have you, geek.

I like electronics, particularly those that work well. I'm often interested in finding something useful to do with a new device. However, I do not like off beat computers. Ya know, efficiency models.

There was a time when a efficiency model computer was of great value to those who could not afford an expensive computer. However, these days with the margins between computer classes so close it is easily worth spending the extra 50 bucks to get a decent machine. There are certain things that are worth looking out for when buying a computer. The main thing that you don't want to slack on is the processor. Please, get a decent processor. Most other components can be replaced easily. A processor can also be replaced but, what you could swap it with is dependent on the motherboard.

All of this rambling is due to a recent computer purchase of a friend of mine. She bought a laptop. a cheap laptop. REALLY CHEAP! She makes a significantly higher amount of money than I do at her job. Not that I know the range of her expenses or anything.

The computer comes with Windows Vista, what we geeks call a resource hog. 512MB of RAM, just enough to run the OS and a Celeron processor. Celeron, ughh. It took everything I had not to go on about the hideous nature of the Celeron processor.

My issue is whether or not I forcibly argue that she ought take the computer back and buy a new one or, just try to bear the pain for these next couple of years.