Computers and upgrades

My first computer was a Desktop with AMD Sempron processor which used to run at 1.6GHz. It was blazing fast! (For a year until my neighbours got a better one.). It came with Windows XP and 512GB HDD. I learned all my computer black magic with it. I got my first Ubuntu CD mailed to me (from London!) when I had this computer. It came installed with GTA2. I played GTA3, Vice City, Thing 2, Age of Empire, Crazy Taxi, Claw 2 among other game. Everything until Prince of Persia Two Thrones worked on it. I still remember changing some random file and it’s settings which made the game run fast on my limited hardware. It is the first computer which I opened up as well. Installed SMPS when my old one gave way. My first laptop still works as well. I run latest Arch in it despite it being 15+ years old. Despite it being toothless (lost a couple of keyboards, lost the speaker and finally have a line through the display). As you might have observed, I am very attached to my computers. For this…