I'm not used to spending money
Jul. 4th, 2005 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peterbirks... I'm just used to winning (and losing) it. The actual spending part seems to have passed me by this year. Well, until this morning, when I splashed out on a new suit, my new monitor arrived (except that it's bloody big, so I'll leave that until tomorrow before I take it home) and I cracked and bought Windows XP.
I actually went into PC World with the intention of buying it, but I couldn't bring myself to pay out £180. Hell, I could have bought top-notch base unit (with Windows XP, and a TV Tuner), for £500. So I came back to the office and ordered it from Checknow software for £116. Unfortunately it comes with Service Pack 2. I think I shall uninstall all the Norton SystemWorks stuff before installing XP. With luck, that will get rid of most of the problems I have been suffering.
On Saturday I had two experiences of Party just disappearing from the screen, even though the program was still running. Needless to say, the second time I had KK with a K on board on one table (and I had a set of 8s out against me) while on the other I had just bet out an Ace-eight on the turn (board A 7 J 5) from the small blind (checked round three players on flop) and had been raised by a player who thought I was on a steal. Just about to three-bet, when, empty screen.
I only had one disconnect-protect left, so I was folded out on this one, while the three Ks just won me $60. So, I reckon that crash cost me in the region of $80. Bleah.
I'm going back to an office design company on Friday for a quote on a new modular desk system and chair, although I fear I may faint at the cost. But it really does look so cool, with the monitors running along on tracks built into a screen behind the narrow-footprint L-shaped desk. But I think that this would be one purchase that I wouldn't regret.
Oh well, it's a holiday in the US, so I guess that I should rush home to try to fleece the occasional bank holiday punter....
I actually went into PC World with the intention of buying it, but I couldn't bring myself to pay out £180. Hell, I could have bought top-notch base unit (with Windows XP, and a TV Tuner), for £500. So I came back to the office and ordered it from Checknow software for £116. Unfortunately it comes with Service Pack 2. I think I shall uninstall all the Norton SystemWorks stuff before installing XP. With luck, that will get rid of most of the problems I have been suffering.
On Saturday I had two experiences of Party just disappearing from the screen, even though the program was still running. Needless to say, the second time I had KK with a K on board on one table (and I had a set of 8s out against me) while on the other I had just bet out an Ace-eight on the turn (board A 7 J 5) from the small blind (checked round three players on flop) and had been raised by a player who thought I was on a steal. Just about to three-bet, when, empty screen.
I only had one disconnect-protect left, so I was folded out on this one, while the three Ks just won me $60. So, I reckon that crash cost me in the region of $80. Bleah.
I'm going back to an office design company on Friday for a quote on a new modular desk system and chair, although I fear I may faint at the cost. But it really does look so cool, with the monitors running along on tracks built into a screen behind the narrow-footprint L-shaped desk. But I think that this would be one purchase that I wouldn't regret.
Oh well, it's a holiday in the US, so I guess that I should rush home to try to fleece the occasional bank holiday punter....
