Seriously…?

Does it?

As a couple who adore technology in all forms. Our computers are a large part of lives, its how we survived the 2000 mile distance between us, and how I manage to stay connected to all of my friends in Texas.

Jelly Bean got a new pc a few weeks ago, built with his own hands, and the first one in our house to sport Windows 7.

Win7 is so… so pretty.

Sure hes had his, endless, problems with it, mostly compatibility issues, but overall, its a wonderful OS.

I was jealous.

Jealousy doesnt become me one bit. I am sad to say, I do enjoy having the newest, coolest toy on the block. Its a matter of pride with me. No I dont understand it, but there it is.

I wanted Win7, wanted it bad.

So, we decided that he would upgrade to Win7 Pro, and I would get a nice shiny copy of Win7.

Ran the CD, and went through the motions of upgrading, with the same glee of a kid on christmas.

Expect for one thing…

My lovely motherboard, thats worked so well all this time, was a half a notch below the requirement. Technically, and by that I mean Microsoft’s website, claimed that it was compatible.

But it still wouldnt work.

We were up most of the night trying to find work arounds, and fixes, but nothing worked.

Finally, we had to admit defeat. XP would be for me, no pretty OS for me.

Then, some googling resulted in some hope. I could get a new motherboard, more than able to run Win7, for the nice price of 70 bucks.

One problem…

I needed a new CPU chip as well.

More searching for me then.

And lo and behold, a new chip was nicely priced at 80 dollars.

Internet, how I love you.

So, order placed, now I just have to wait for the parts to come in.

Expect, in putting XP back on my machine, it decided that my big monitor (I run dual screens), was not something it liked anymore. So most of the day has been spent trying to fix that.

Currently, its not fixed, but Jelly Bean and I switched screens, and that seems to be working just fine.

I just miss my old screen…

My computer makes me want to cry right now. That could be the sleep deprivation talking though.