iPhone

My friend Chad had an iPhone 3G 8GB, but he just got a new BlackBerry so he was looking to get rid of it for $200.  They cost that much if you get them from AT&T with a 2 year contract.  We already have AT&T, plus it is in perfect condition since he only had it a couple of months so it seemed like a pretty good deal.  Chad was also looking to buy an older computer for the boys.  This worked out pretty good because I had a old computer I just rebuilt and was about to sell.  It’s not too fancy and is only worth about $100. Chad and I worked out a deal and I gave him the computer and $100 for the iPhone.

Since I have my own BlackBerry for work I gave the iPhone to Kelly.  She loves it.  She says it is the best gadget ever.  After playing with it a little while and downloading some of the apps for it, I’d have to agree.  It’s pretty freaking cool.  I’m jealous.

Computer Desk

Since the office is going to become the baby's room we're moving the computer and all the books into the game room and getting rid of the couch. Neither of us like the computer desk we have now so we went shopping for a new one for the game room.

We didn't find anything we liked at OfficeMax, so we went to OfficeDepot. We found a cornerdesk with a hutch, a bookcase, and a rolling file for about $400. The rolling file was 75% off and it'll all be delivered tomorrow.

Next is the fun part... Putting it all together.

New Computer

I can't live without a computer for too long so I quickly started shopping. We have a partnership with Dell at work so I can get discounts on Dell PCs. I started shopping online and found one I wanted for about $600.

I wanted to go to Fry's to check out what they had too so Kelly and I went there this afternoon. We found the Gateway DX4200-11 which was the same price as the Dell but it had better specs so we went ahead and bought it.

Here are the specs:

• AMD Phenom x4 9550 Quad-Core
• 6GB DDR2 RAM
• 750GB SATA HD
• DVDRW
• ATI Radeon HD 3200 256MB
• Windows Visat Home Premium 64bit

After about 2 hours of moving in, I'm using it right now and I love it.

Computer Kaput

Our home computer died this evening.

I came home today and tried to get on the Internet. It was running really slow so I restarted it, only it didn't come back on. I don't know what the problem is but it is most likely the motherboard since it won't even post. Luckily all our pictures, movies, and music are on an external 500GB USB drive.

I suppose it was time its time to go. It had a good run and lived a long, full, life.

Adios amigo.