The New Job – Day I
by Mike on Feb.25, 2008, under General, Technobabble
The first day is done, and it was really something! I arrived at 8:00 to be sure I was on time, and I got to see Love at its busiest.
First off, they were having a rehearsal of all the things that they planned on presenting to their big client this month, “RC Willey”. They are trying to get the store to let them do a complete makeover of the store’s image. It was really impressive, and I really liked what they had in mind.
A little later in the day, I got to go with the tech guy to the computer store and buy all the components I need to build my dream computer for work. I have never been able to go to a computer store with the idea that “anything is probably alright!” So we got a computer with some pretty amazing specs, and I started building it up for the project I will be starting tomorrow…yes, tomorrow.
Just for those of you who are interested in the techie stuff, here are the specs:
- Intel Dual Core Processor (6600, I think)
- Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Motherboard (up to 12 USB ports, Gigabit LAN, up to 8GB ram, etc.)
- eVGA nVidia GeForce 8800GT
- 4GB DDR2 RAM
- 500GB WD Caviar HDD
And a few other things like a DVD burner and some humongous CPU fan. It’s pretty amazing, and when I get WinXP installed on it (yes, XP, they don’t want me using Vista, imagine that) I will be ready to go tomorrow. Exciting!!!
February 26th, 2008 on 8:59 am
Sounds like a good start! Of course when I got to reading the part about what the computer you bought has to it I just heard “blah, blah, blah” in my head and kinda zoned out.