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Was looking up an article on Cisco Network Security and stumbled on their nifty little web series: The Realm.

Since I’m going to be studying for my SQL Exams (70-431 or 70-432, 70-433 and 70-448), I needed a new computer to run all the software I need to study (as well as for a little bit of gaming). My old PC was purchased from Wal-Mart about 5 years ago, so it definitely has seen better days. I set up a computer on NewEgg and was actually shocked at the amount of power you can get for relatively cheap. Here’s the specs on my new computer:

After putting the computer together and making sure that everything was working, I loaded Windows XP Media Center on it. It took about a week to get all the software I needed on it and to get it configured the way I wanted. It was a huge improvement over my old PC. However, I was a little disappointed that XP Media Center wasn’t using all 4 gigs of RAM due to it being 32-bit.

The Lord works in mysterious ways. I attended the PDANUG and at the end they gave out some door prizes. The prize that I won just happened to be exactly what I needed: Windows Vista Ultimate, 32-bit AND 64-bit. So I’ve got my PC loaded with it now, running like a dream on all 4 Gb of RAM!

This is now strictly a development blog, focusing on Microsoft SQL Server. My personal blog has moved to 42 Roads to Walk.