I have finally entered the 21st Century

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Ever since I bought my first home computer (used), I've tended to stay well behind the tech curve. Only one of the PCs I've owned was bought new.

On Sunday, I took possession of my seventh PC, bought used from a friend. It's at least a tech generation ahead of my fifth and sixth PCs. I've never been much into hardware, but I know enough to feel impressed with a few of the specs. The new-to-me machine has:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ running at 1.99GHz
1G RAM
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 with AGP8X
Dell MM90 19" monitor
Soundblaster Audigy L5
Two HDs totaling 31.7G capacity

Windows XP Pro SP2

I know this isn't anywhere near cutting edge, but it's such a leap over my previous best machine that I'd be embarrassed to admit what those specs were. This beast is going to allow me to finally check out several games that my old machine couldn't run, including three of Shrapnel's titles.