Pegasus

Once again the ol desktop is getting a bit long in the tooth and is starting to approach it's three year upgrade cycle. This time around I'm presented with a different set of circumstances then what I'm used to.

1. CPU speeds have basically flat lined for the last 24 months. All CPU speed gains are being made by tweaking manufacturing processes, on die cache, instruction sets, and dual cores. The dual core thing is probably the most significant change to happen in a long time. Sadly it's not the march of technology it's the bloat of a certain OS that runs the world.

2. Video Cards change like the direction of the wind. It's the one thing in the PC world that is still barreling along full speed.

3. Vista... When will it be worth the upgrade? Is it worth it to load vista upfront and take advantage of it's neat new features (dx10, aero, other things) or do I keep running xp pro for another 3 years?

4. Hard Drives, the first solid state hard drives are coming to market in the next 3 to 6 months. First gen tech is never a sure bet but these things may break alot of those rules.

There are other considerations but these are the top 4.

You know this would all be a lot easier if there was a way to play all of my games under MAC OS X as easily as I do under windows. Actually if I could play EVE and Half-Life I would be very happy.

So begins Project "Pegasus"