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I was complaining to a friend that my laptop (Jimmy Olsen) has been feeling slow lately. It takes a while to boot up, new program windows take too long to load, etc. Even just a new chat window makes everything grind to a halt for a minute.

She asked how old it was. I wasn't sure. I thought about four, maybe five years. I went to check. The ship date was May '06. It's 7 years old.

Now, I like to invest in my computers. I don't get bleeding edge, top of the line... But I do go for about one step down from that. I figure the more I put into it at the start the longer it will last. Which does seem to be the case here.

I don't remember what I paid for Jimmy, but I'd guess around $4k. Divided over 7 years, that comes out to about $1.50 a day. Not bad, Jimmy. You have served me long and well.

But Jimmy was born in the days of Windows XP. I did upgrade to Pro, but that was it. Now I'm worried. Vista wasn't worth the bother. I heard mixed reviews of 7 (and never anything really good). And everyone seems to hate 8. Even with all that, it's still a (sort of) happy medium between the idiot friendly stay in your playpen Mac OS and the hardcore computer geek Linux. Also, all the software is made for Windows.

(Then again, I wrote all this on my phone...)

IDK. But thank you, Jimmy. I think you've earned your rest.