11-19-2012, 10:46 AM
Old Jasper is good for something at least.... his old hard drive. I finally got my BYTECC SmartDrive put together using his old 160gb IDE drive.
Jasper, as you probably already know by now, was my old Pentium III box that had Windows XP on it. He was replaced last year with Lilly.
Before Jasper, there was Hazel, my first 1ghz Pentium III computer. I got her back in January 2008 as the college was about to send her off to recycling, and I got the okay to take her with me.
In 2008, a 1ghz PIII was already outdated, but to me, it was a blessing. Before I got Hazel, I had Daffodil, with an even slower 500mhz and in the new age of YouTube and Web 2.0, she was beginning to show her age fast.
At the time I got Hazel, I was in my Linux phase, and I installed Linux on the new PIII box and it was blazing fast. Though not as fast as a brand new 2008 PC or Mac, the speed was still satisfying for me and I was able to enjoy most Web 2.0 sites and YouTube videos without many issues. I chose to name her Hazel because her namesake, Hazel the Squirrel from "My Friend Rabbit", was very cheerful and was quick at everything. If you want to know what Hazel looks like, look to the right of this post.
Though the original Hazel is long gone, the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 will bear her name once more, because this upgrade is very similar.... from underpowered cheapo tablets to a fast dual-core tablet that can handle the programs I need to run.
Jasper, as you probably already know by now, was my old Pentium III box that had Windows XP on it. He was replaced last year with Lilly.
Before Jasper, there was Hazel, my first 1ghz Pentium III computer. I got her back in January 2008 as the college was about to send her off to recycling, and I got the okay to take her with me.
In 2008, a 1ghz PIII was already outdated, but to me, it was a blessing. Before I got Hazel, I had Daffodil, with an even slower 500mhz and in the new age of YouTube and Web 2.0, she was beginning to show her age fast.
At the time I got Hazel, I was in my Linux phase, and I installed Linux on the new PIII box and it was blazing fast. Though not as fast as a brand new 2008 PC or Mac, the speed was still satisfying for me and I was able to enjoy most Web 2.0 sites and YouTube videos without many issues. I chose to name her Hazel because her namesake, Hazel the Squirrel from "My Friend Rabbit", was very cheerful and was quick at everything. If you want to know what Hazel looks like, look to the right of this post.
Though the original Hazel is long gone, the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 will bear her name once more, because this upgrade is very similar.... from underpowered cheapo tablets to a fast dual-core tablet that can handle the programs I need to run.