31-12-2012, 01:42 PM
Hi,
Many thanks John for your good wishes. Win7 in both 32 & 64 bit are still readily available; I surfed the web to check and the prices vary a great deal but I opted to pay the full £85 to save hassle allowing both the new computer and Win7 to arrive together.
Oh dear Joe; to run out of heating oil and using a fan heater; a couple of months ago I could have given you a wagon load of logs during my lumber-jacking fun.
I'll certainly keep you updated Gary regarding how the new computer performs once I receive it. I've received a message from the seller this morning explaining that although my new computer is now showing as despatched it won't actually leave the seller for up to 48 hours as all their computers are rigorously tested first.
What a lot of common sense once again David in your post. One thing I wished to avoid was to buy an all singing all dancing computer way over spec for my humble needs; in buying this new computer I've actually far exceeded what I'll possibly ever need in a computer. It is so easy to get carried away when buying anything. It's nice to learn of SSD's i3/i5/i7 and quiet cooling fans and I'm sure all these must be very important considerations to a computer expert but I've said a number of times I only want a computer that is fast with a good graphics card.
For once in my life I'm being rather reckless with money; I don't even NEED a new computer but I did promise myself one once I retired. Bron and I have saved hard all our 36 years of married life to the point that we can afford anything we want now rather than anything we actually need and boy there is a huge difference between the two. Hopefully my new computer will last ten years or more so in real terms it is dirt cheap and like my old computer will receive a great deal of use. We never go away on holiday or try to keep up with all the latest must have electronic gizmos just because others behave like sheep; we don't queue around the block on a freezing day just to buy the latest mobile phone in fact I don't even own a mobile phone.
I do download lots of free movies and music videos because there is something wrong with our telly; every time I switch the telly on I'm greeted with sport and more sport; sport dominates the news channels and I couldn't care less if Harry Rednapp is upset because of a referee's bad? decision. We all pay our money and choose what we want; I reckon I'm getting something for my money buying the new computer.
I can shop on-line saving lots of money without even leaving home; I can amuse myself by logging onto excellent Internet forums such as GF; I can learn things such as CAD; I can download lots of free stuff to watch on TV in short my computer is worth a great deal more to me than the initial cost of it.
You are bang on regarding buying cars David. With a 70mph maximum speed limit in the UK most modern low powered cars will exceed this. Our small Aygo will top out around 100mph.
When Bron and I moved into this our dream bungalow 25 years ago we were running a Citroen 2CV; our then immediate neighbours were running a three year old Saab; I couldn't believe it when they told me they could not afford a new car because our 2CV was newer than their Saab. We still run a small car and laugh at our neighbours trying to better each other with BMW's; Merc's; Audi's and even recently a Porsche Boxster. Our bungalow is fully paid for as is the land it sits on; we have no debts other than the usual utility bills so we live here very cheaply indeed and due to our undemanding lifestyle I was able to retire from active conflict aged 53 in 2000. In short Bron and I have always lived within our means so now whilst many are bankrupt after wearing their credit cards out we are buffered against things like mortgage interest rate rises etc because we no longer have such things and for other purchases we can now afford to pay cash; we have no children so at last after years of doing without we can spoil ourselves and we intend to do so.
Sorry if I sound pompous or on a soap box but over the years Bron and I have watched many get into huge debt buying things because they felt they wanted them rather than needed them; everything needs paying for at some point and I don't envy our neighbours who told us many years ago that they had put all their brand new "white" goods onto the mortgage because they could easily afford the monthly payments; 25 years to pay off a washing machine surely makes a lot of sense to such people but not to Bron and me.
Owning our own home has always been a priority to us and rather than try to show off we gradually paid the mortgage off because this to us was much more important than flash cars or foreign holidays.
You or I David would look at our money before dashing out to buy a high performance car and save the money to safeguard our home and future for when we get older as we are doing. We've both owned BMW motorcycles so in a way we have been reckless in our own way but I'm sure we've only bought such bikes knowing we could afford them without incurring heavy debt.
I'm looking forward to my new computer; paid for up front.
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks John for your good wishes. Win7 in both 32 & 64 bit are still readily available; I surfed the web to check and the prices vary a great deal but I opted to pay the full £85 to save hassle allowing both the new computer and Win7 to arrive together.
Oh dear Joe; to run out of heating oil and using a fan heater; a couple of months ago I could have given you a wagon load of logs during my lumber-jacking fun.
I'll certainly keep you updated Gary regarding how the new computer performs once I receive it. I've received a message from the seller this morning explaining that although my new computer is now showing as despatched it won't actually leave the seller for up to 48 hours as all their computers are rigorously tested first.
What a lot of common sense once again David in your post. One thing I wished to avoid was to buy an all singing all dancing computer way over spec for my humble needs; in buying this new computer I've actually far exceeded what I'll possibly ever need in a computer. It is so easy to get carried away when buying anything. It's nice to learn of SSD's i3/i5/i7 and quiet cooling fans and I'm sure all these must be very important considerations to a computer expert but I've said a number of times I only want a computer that is fast with a good graphics card.
For once in my life I'm being rather reckless with money; I don't even NEED a new computer but I did promise myself one once I retired. Bron and I have saved hard all our 36 years of married life to the point that we can afford anything we want now rather than anything we actually need and boy there is a huge difference between the two. Hopefully my new computer will last ten years or more so in real terms it is dirt cheap and like my old computer will receive a great deal of use. We never go away on holiday or try to keep up with all the latest must have electronic gizmos just because others behave like sheep; we don't queue around the block on a freezing day just to buy the latest mobile phone in fact I don't even own a mobile phone.
I do download lots of free movies and music videos because there is something wrong with our telly; every time I switch the telly on I'm greeted with sport and more sport; sport dominates the news channels and I couldn't care less if Harry Rednapp is upset because of a referee's bad? decision. We all pay our money and choose what we want; I reckon I'm getting something for my money buying the new computer.
I can shop on-line saving lots of money without even leaving home; I can amuse myself by logging onto excellent Internet forums such as GF; I can learn things such as CAD; I can download lots of free stuff to watch on TV in short my computer is worth a great deal more to me than the initial cost of it.
You are bang on regarding buying cars David. With a 70mph maximum speed limit in the UK most modern low powered cars will exceed this. Our small Aygo will top out around 100mph.
When Bron and I moved into this our dream bungalow 25 years ago we were running a Citroen 2CV; our then immediate neighbours were running a three year old Saab; I couldn't believe it when they told me they could not afford a new car because our 2CV was newer than their Saab. We still run a small car and laugh at our neighbours trying to better each other with BMW's; Merc's; Audi's and even recently a Porsche Boxster. Our bungalow is fully paid for as is the land it sits on; we have no debts other than the usual utility bills so we live here very cheaply indeed and due to our undemanding lifestyle I was able to retire from active conflict aged 53 in 2000. In short Bron and I have always lived within our means so now whilst many are bankrupt after wearing their credit cards out we are buffered against things like mortgage interest rate rises etc because we no longer have such things and for other purchases we can now afford to pay cash; we have no children so at last after years of doing without we can spoil ourselves and we intend to do so.
Sorry if I sound pompous or on a soap box but over the years Bron and I have watched many get into huge debt buying things because they felt they wanted them rather than needed them; everything needs paying for at some point and I don't envy our neighbours who told us many years ago that they had put all their brand new "white" goods onto the mortgage because they could easily afford the monthly payments; 25 years to pay off a washing machine surely makes a lot of sense to such people but not to Bron and me.
Owning our own home has always been a priority to us and rather than try to show off we gradually paid the mortgage off because this to us was much more important than flash cars or foreign holidays.
You or I David would look at our money before dashing out to buy a high performance car and save the money to safeguard our home and future for when we get older as we are doing. We've both owned BMW motorcycles so in a way we have been reckless in our own way but I'm sure we've only bought such bikes knowing we could afford them without incurring heavy debt.
I'm looking forward to my new computer; paid for up front.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
