Another one bites the dust

[mdlbear]

The flower_cat's desktop computer (in the bedroom) appears to have finally bitten the dust -- Windows has been flaky for at least a month, and now Linux is having problems as well. Its CPU fan appears to have died, which has probably caused collateral damage elsewhere. This makes the second of our three Fry's XP boxes to die; the third is the one in the Y.D.'s room. I'll be surprised if that one makes it to the end of the year.

I'm reluctant to just go out and buy her another Windows box -- Fry's track record is pretty poor at this point, and she seems to be happy with Linux on the EeePC. And the budget is still blown all to hell from the wedding and FKO; I really don't need the expense just now. I've been trying to justify a new workstation for the office, because Harmony has become noticeably noisy, but I can't do that either right now, especially when I'm trying to save for an EeePC for the Cat.

So I think what I'll do for the moment is move Dantooine in from the office -- it's an ultra-quiet Mini-ITX system. Fanless, which eliminates that point of failure. We do need a Windows box or two, but that's what virtualization is for.

The other advantage of this move is that it will, at long last, completely defenestrate the computers downstairs. That's a Good Thing.

Comments

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

I was thinking, why is he throwing computers out of the windows, when it dawned on me that my computer is also defenestrated. Nice image in my head.

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

"I'm reluctant to just go out and buy her another Windows box"

For some reason, that triggered Elton John's voice in my head singing "Funeral For A Friend": The roses in the window[s] box have tilted to one side.... No, I don't have a point here. :-)

[mdlbear]

But,... I never promised you a rosegarden...