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I have figured out a way to get myself out of this deep blue funk I have been in for the past few months.
Part of the solution might come out of my problem. I have been at my job for three years now, and I thought, perhaps it's time to update my skills. Not every graphics job needs my extensive knowledge of Chyron fonts.
I want a PC for so many USB tasks it makes my head spin. I am going to get a machine good enough for surfing, email and burning CDs. When I rent a multitrack recorder, I can dump the data via its USB port, and burn it to a CD, also my cellphone only speaks to PCs. I want to get a new or almost-new XP machine. I use XP at work and I like it.
I am going to get a Mac too. I will need a reasonably powerful Mac for Photoshop, After Effects and audio editing. I was delaying this because it's going to be expensive to buy Photoshop, Illustrator, Cubase, etc. all over again. However I will need up-to-date skills with the Mac OS, and Illustrator and Photoshop anyhow, to remain employable in my field. I want to learn After Effects; I have put it on my Goals on my yearly work review for 2 years in a row. Chop chop.
With my old PC, I am going to have someone install Linux on it. I would love to install it myself, but I do not have enough knowledge about PC hardware to do that, and not enough spare time to learn so much from scratch. I bought a how-to book three years ago, and I got as far as a BOOT FAILED message.
The money I spend, I figure I haven't spent as much as a dollar on computers for the past three years, I should just do it and not worry. I have a kind of spending block; I go home from the mall when I figure I've almost spent too much money.
Part of the solution might come out of my problem. I have been at my job for three years now, and I thought, perhaps it's time to update my skills. Not every graphics job needs my extensive knowledge of Chyron fonts.
I want a PC for so many USB tasks it makes my head spin. I am going to get a machine good enough for surfing, email and burning CDs. When I rent a multitrack recorder, I can dump the data via its USB port, and burn it to a CD, also my cellphone only speaks to PCs. I want to get a new or almost-new XP machine. I use XP at work and I like it.
I am going to get a Mac too. I will need a reasonably powerful Mac for Photoshop, After Effects and audio editing. I was delaying this because it's going to be expensive to buy Photoshop, Illustrator, Cubase, etc. all over again. However I will need up-to-date skills with the Mac OS, and Illustrator and Photoshop anyhow, to remain employable in my field. I want to learn After Effects; I have put it on my Goals on my yearly work review for 2 years in a row. Chop chop.
With my old PC, I am going to have someone install Linux on it. I would love to install it myself, but I do not have enough knowledge about PC hardware to do that, and not enough spare time to learn so much from scratch. I bought a how-to book three years ago, and I got as far as a BOOT FAILED message.
The money I spend, I figure I haven't spent as much as a dollar on computers for the past three years, I should just do it and not worry. I have a kind of spending block; I go home from the mall when I figure I've almost spent too much money.
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Red Tag is definitely one of the best places to buy a Mac (although U of T has the best prices... definitely buy the software from U of T!!!! I saved a bundle!)
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I don't need Word, I don't need to edit video or play video games.
The machine I want to put Linux on, has a crap CD rom drive and won't boot up anymore, without a lot of difficulty. It is a Pentium I, 40 meg ram, 40 meg HD or thereabouts.
Mac shopping will be fiddliest because it's that delicate balance between performance, used computerness and price.