Well, I've been using this computer for nearly two years now, and I'm already seriously considering pasturing this thing. Either that, or putting it up for sale to the highest bidder who's willing to have a computer that they didn't build with a blanked out install of Windows and Linux dual-booting on the same PC considering that my parents may kind of accuse me of wanting to recycle something that still runs like a relative clock.
Of course, there are some things that make me unhappy and discontent with this particular computer, and if I get one to replace the spot that this particular PC served in my life - - then I'm going to have to maybe not get such a chonky desktop tower next time. Considering that in order to use it, it has to be plugged into AC mains tower at all times. 365 1/4 days of the year, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all days of the month of 12 months.
Let's get to why I despise this computer so much that unlike when I had worked so hard to build it in 2020 - I don't think it'll be the right fit for me in 2022 or further.
1. I have the wrong motherboard in this PC: When I was planning all throughout 2019 to build this computer, I was intending to use a lower-end gaming motherboard not made by a company which three years later bleeding heart liberals would want me to not give any money to so as to make sure "the right side of history being written" doesn't lose to "the wrong side of history being written". And this lower-end motherboard was one where it had a built in Graphics so that I would need the AMD chip that would be useful for onboard graphics (with graphics chipset) - and on top of that, the board I ended up with ended up having a GPU pulled out of a cousin's old Alienware PC which proved to work for the first while of using it, then swapped to an older S3 card which I really don't want to put in anything modern since it'll make it look like I have a '80s Mac, to a lower-end NVIDIA GEFORCE Card. But, as things happened, they didn't pan out that way. I guess in a way, I kind of got rushed to the build before I noticed my custom label which I was a noob at using Gerber Composer to design still (relatively) was writing information about the wrong motherboard, the wrong RAM, and the only thing which ended up being correct in the entire thing was the SSD which I installed Windows on, which ironically, I intended to use on an AMD motherboard, with an AMD chip powering the entire thing.
I could've said the case was also wrong, but then again - a case is just a tin box that houses all of the metal and guts inside, so never mind.
2. When I wanted to buy hard drives for my PC, I said "Western Digital," and my brother in law and rest of my family said "Seagate.": Which I regret, and because of this feel like a total hypocrite for selecting a Seagate drive which in my opinion was not only the wrong storage for the Virtual Machine partition that I wanted to have, but whenever I hear the hard drive brand name, "Seagate", my brain immediately thinks FireCuda since I only trust those hard drives despite being made by Seagate ironically.
(No, I don't need any mental or medical help associating FireCuda with Seagate primarily. That's just how my brain works in a normal 24-hour day with the proper circadian sleep cycle from 0:00-23:59.)
3. When installing the OS initially, I wanted the Pro license version, but I got the Home version instead: Because I was planning to network to my PC upstairs, correct? It's not like I don't know how basic file sharing works, since I've played with a DELL PowerEdge 1500 SC for a brief period of time before I tore it all apart when it would just stop powering on mysteriously. Someday, I hope to build a NAS provided all four horsemen of the apocalypse haven't completed their ride yet, and when I get the new setup, I'm probably just going to take everything off this computer, dump it to the NAS (regardless of whatever it actually is) and then just go on, and progress with my day. And also, I was planning to take some advantage of Hyper-V to run my own virtual machines running whatever versions of Windows I felt the need to play with to go back for old time's sake. And preferring to keep the "Home" license computers out in the sign shop where they belong.
4. COVID-19 happened: This computer ironically ended up being my main PC throughout the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
5. Sully 1.0: Some random little shit harasses me to not be living my life in my fantasies because I hurt myself according to him, and as a result, I end up permanently deactivating Facebook from my account and blocking the webpage in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome (I believe Edge and Opera can still access the page) and in Firefox for Windows, it goes to a [WEB ADDRESS REDACTED.]
6. End of an RP Story which started on three other computers, and my cell phone: Also, I also started an RP story with someone on a DELL Latitude E6500, Lenovo G530, and ZTE Z755ZBL from 2018, in addition to my MSI 970 Katana, at the time when it worked. This computer became the end of it.
7. Initial Poor Feelings About Windows 10: In the beginning of when I decided I would set up this computer, I was still very paranoid and very hating of the idea of Windows 10. When the experience eventually became somewhat tolerable, and I could manage to live with it almost just as fine, or perhaps a little better than I could have with 7, 8 or even 8.1, then I decided to play with Windows 10 a little bit, and explore the capabilities of its hybrid mobile interface which had evolved from 8.1, and mourn the passing of a useful feature I used to like from 7, even going on to complain about it in the Ramen Pirate blog, which I used to publish at the time. But even if Windows 10 going all the way to release version 21H2 at the time would eventually become tolerable and acceptable, then the damage has already been done. Even though Windows 11 may have "fixed" what Windows 10 broke, partially or entirely having all my productivity needs cared for by computers running Linux or BSD based operating systems may not be too far away from me in the horizon.
(and no, I ain't talking about macOS. I mean either GNU/Linux, or a BSD OS which it might be an adventure to actually set the computer up from start-to-finish. Although, it may be easier for me to just main Ubuntu since I don't feel like navigating through entire lines of command line code to even do anything, and I would probably need a manual to figure out what commands do do anything in my future OS of choice...)
8. My new computer has Windows 11: I ordered a new PC from Amazon this past winter, and it arrived at the end of February pretty much. I was expecting it to have Windows 10 Home on there, and my next plan was to simply upgrade it to Windows 11 Pro. But, when I powered the PC on I was greeted with Windows 11 Home. So, because of this, I'm probably going to either keep my new PC as Windows 11 Home as long as I need to keep it as such, which could very well be the entire lifespan of the PC, or, just get my new license key for Windows 11 Pro should the need arise and change the version of Windows my computer has running on it.
9. No VGA Port: I know I could've adapted this, but - this PC has literally no VGA port. Why do I care if my computer has a VGA port in 2022 you ask? Because I want to hook it up to my TV as an entertainment device, and have it play an assortment of my favorite music over the TV speakers as opposed to $40 desk speakers from Amazon, and yes I was aware I could keep the thing adapted to VGA with DVI-to-VGA, but I figured I would rather instead not use any adapters and just use HDMI. I regretted the decision immediately demoting my PS3 to Component 2, which has almost as good video quality as HDMI did, but the sound has suffered somewhat and I don't power the PS3 on very often anymore anyway, just to ensure the RTC battery on the PS3 logic board doesn't go dead, and also, to change Daylight Savings Time setting of the clock from Summer Time to Winter Time and vice-versa. Of course, with permanent Daylight Saving Time coming to Nova Scotia as soon as potentially next year - I'll have "Farewell to Nova Scotia" on repeat eventually... Hopefully...
10. Sully 2.0: This didn't happen specifically on the PC in question like I claim it did, however - it did happen on the new computer which I already mentioned I have been using for a month or so at the time this second sully happened. But, since I haven't even gotten the PC properly paid off yet, probably due to the fact I could simply have just gotten the funds for it some other way, I refuse to have that computer get sullied, overheated, get a virus, or otherwise be demotion worthy. So, what do I do in a situation like this? Well, I guess the only answer to this question is, a three step process, especially since the person who did Sully 1.0 and Sully 2.0 are the exact same, despite them denying that they are.
1. Step One: Remain calm. Try not to lose your temper or become violent on anything. "Anything" by this definition includes inanimate objects, animals, and other human beings that may not understand why you are being violent with them.
2. Step Two: Curse the person that caused Sully 1.0 & 2.0 to your computer at the same time, and probably realize the reason you chose to do this is maybe karma biting you in the ass for making a Sim of them where you paired them up with the most homosexual man in the whole entire universe for better or worse, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, till death do they part.
3. Step Three: Realize that nothing you can do or say can make them not sully any more things than they have already sullied, or have yet to sully, or are sullying, and just move on with your life, hoping in the name of all that is holy and divine that you can actually move on with your life.
4. Step Four: If all else fails, get pissed, make plans to back up the entirety of your computer that you did get sullied a minimum of one time and have gotten sullied again and may get sullied yet again in the future the longer you use the computer, wipe everything of personal significance to you from the hard drive, reinstall the Operating System(s) it had on those hard drives to fresh, clean, blank installs that have nothing on them, and then sell your computer to anyone who'd be willing to part with a couple hundred bucks or so just to take the stupid thing off your hands till the end of time, and then invest the $200.00 in literally anything else. It can be something that may spark joy to you personally. It can be a week's groceries in this chaotic economy at the local supermarket. Or, it can be used with someone who will agree to finance your new computer purchase to replace the one that you just sold.
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