Alas, poor compyoter
Jan. 1st, 2022 01:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kjorteoIn our year-end review post, I mentioned having dropped the ball on several things I still intend to get back to when time/energy levels/etc. allow. We still plan to do the 2021 gameblogging awards posts, for example, even if it's 2022 now. I'd like to stream more, too. (Oh, we're on Twitch now, by the way.) All sorts of creative stuff from music to essays to questionable fanfiction. Etc.
The problem is that basically all of that involves having a computer. For an impressively long run, our main PC was the good old rig I named Coyote, because that was my fursona at the time and because that way it would form a matched set with Roadrunner, our laptop. You can tell from the first point there about how long ago this was, and about how old Coyote (and Roadrunner) are.
Unfortunately, Coyote has finally crapped out for good. A new machine has been ordered and is on its way, and it is going to be so cool you guys aaaaa I'm excited. We're going to start 2022 by getting with the times and getting a fairly kickass gaming rig. Maybe if our income situation stabilizes and we can afford a VR headset someday, we can finally venture into that whole realm, since we'll finally have a machine that's more than powerful enough to support it. (You know, as opposed to Coyote, which could barely even open large image files, let alone run something like the Final Fantasy XV benchmark without it looking like a PS1 demake.) Of course, the catch is we just ordered the new PC yesterday and it will take about two weeks or so to assemble and ship, and in the meantime I'm sitting here writing this entry from my phone.
We're looking into whether, despite its age and the fact that something failed (we suspect the motherboard but I can't make any promises that anything else is okay,) any of Coyote's parts may be of interest to anyone with a similarly old machine for whom they would still be an upgrade. Or something to practice dissecting if you're into computer repair, I don't know. Your business what you do with them, really; we're just looking to see if there's any interest in scavenging it. We tentatively have someone who may be interested in the video card and power supply, and we plan to keep the hard drives. Assuming no one wants a probably-dead motherboard, that still leaves an old processor, RAM, possibly optical drives, the case, etc. We'll see. We'll have to get all of that organized, which is tricky without, you know, a computer.
We mourn the loss of Coyote, our loyal and stalwart machine that earned something of a reliable "yeah it's an old potato but it gets the job done" reputation that it upheld until its dying cycle. Bon voyage, amigo.
And we're definitely not looking forward to just straight up not having a computer for weeks on end, either. This next little stretch is going to be rough.
At least the new machine is something to look forward to, though. Aw yeah getting with the times, get hype.
The problem is that basically all of that involves having a computer. For an impressively long run, our main PC was the good old rig I named Coyote, because that was my fursona at the time and because that way it would form a matched set with Roadrunner, our laptop. You can tell from the first point there about how long ago this was, and about how old Coyote (and Roadrunner) are.
Unfortunately, Coyote has finally crapped out for good. A new machine has been ordered and is on its way, and it is going to be so cool you guys aaaaa I'm excited. We're going to start 2022 by getting with the times and getting a fairly kickass gaming rig. Maybe if our income situation stabilizes and we can afford a VR headset someday, we can finally venture into that whole realm, since we'll finally have a machine that's more than powerful enough to support it. (You know, as opposed to Coyote, which could barely even open large image files, let alone run something like the Final Fantasy XV benchmark without it looking like a PS1 demake.) Of course, the catch is we just ordered the new PC yesterday and it will take about two weeks or so to assemble and ship, and in the meantime I'm sitting here writing this entry from my phone.
We're looking into whether, despite its age and the fact that something failed (we suspect the motherboard but I can't make any promises that anything else is okay,) any of Coyote's parts may be of interest to anyone with a similarly old machine for whom they would still be an upgrade. Or something to practice dissecting if you're into computer repair, I don't know. Your business what you do with them, really; we're just looking to see if there's any interest in scavenging it. We tentatively have someone who may be interested in the video card and power supply, and we plan to keep the hard drives. Assuming no one wants a probably-dead motherboard, that still leaves an old processor, RAM, possibly optical drives, the case, etc. We'll see. We'll have to get all of that organized, which is tricky without, you know, a computer.
We mourn the loss of Coyote, our loyal and stalwart machine that earned something of a reliable "yeah it's an old potato but it gets the job done" reputation that it upheld until its dying cycle. Bon voyage, amigo.
And we're definitely not looking forward to just straight up not having a computer for weeks on end, either. This next little stretch is going to be rough.
At least the new machine is something to look forward to, though. Aw yeah getting with the times, get hype.