It’s hard to believe it was just a month ago that we spent the Labor Day weekend at the beach in Hilton Head. I wish I was still there.
Kathy spent a nice quiet weekend at home this weekend, so I had a chance to process a few more of my selects from our weekend.
I upgraded part of my computer setup this past week. My aging iMac was starting to show it’s impending obsolescence, and I had a newer MacBook Pro sitting here being used for little more than running our banking program and the occasional web surfing session. So I picked up a new monitor, keyboard and mouse and decided to give the laptop a try. I’m not seeing quite the performance improvement I was hoping for, but it is noticeably faster in most things.
The biggest improvement is with the monitor! While the screen on the iMac was quite nice when it was new, there has been a pretty big leap in monitor quality over the past few years, as evidenced by the improvement in the new one, a 24″ ASUS ProArt PA249. Pretty nice stuff, no yellow bars like I was seeing on the old monitor. And no more high-gloss mirror-like Apple screen. Yay! 🙂
As soon as I save a few more pennies I’m planning to build a new machine, so the purchase of a few peripherals gets me an interim performance bump until I can go the rest of the way. I was just about there until a fire at one of the factories that makes memory added about $300 to the price of the items on my NewEgg wish list. Hopefully in another month or two those prices will recover and I’ll be ready to forge ahead, just in time to outfit the office in our new place. We hope to be in by the end of November. Hopefully November 2013. It’s been a long process!
I’m still working on Nova Scotia photos too, so there will be more of those coming as well.
Beautiful shots from the beach, Tom. I like this time of year, at the beach, because no one is around. The way that you’ve portrayed it is how it looks between October and about April. These were my favorite times of the year to visit the beach … still are my favorite times. 😀
Good luck on the computer upgrade!
Thanks, Paul. The beach, at least at Hilton Head, is pretty quiet at sunrise and sunset just about any time of the year. We’ve gone in January and February, and have had the whole spectrum of weather. Except for the fact that it’s usually too cold to actually sit out on the beach, it’s a great time to go for just that reason.
My son’s the computer whiz, and he is waiting (mostly) patiently for me to buy the parts. At this point I’ll probably wait until we move, but it will be a good winter project.
Your post stirs again the desire to upgrade my 4 year old laptop to a desktop. Yet, I cannot justify spending the money nor do I have the extra money. I have been saving to purchase another camera, the Fujifilm X-E1 and pulled the trigger yesterday. So, the desktop will have to wait. Oh, and I love these images.
I really despise the never-ending cycle of camera and computer equipment upgrades, especially having to spend money that could otherwise be spent on travel! But the the inner geek in me does like to have new cameras and computers, so that’s the tradeoff.
I’ll be very interested to hear your thoughts on the Fuji. I’ve been very interested in the X-Pro 1 since it came out, and the recent upgrades to some of their cameras would indicate to me that an upgrade to the Pro camera would be around the corner. I gripe about the 5D until I start looking at the files, then I convince myself that it is worth the weight and bulk. Eventually I’m convinced that the right compact camera will change my mind, but in the mean time I’ll stick with what I’ve got.
Glad you like the photos, too!