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*Long sigh*
Dec. 13th, 2011 03:24 pmSo, yesterday, I went to Walmart to buy stuff. One of the stuffs I bought was a webcam.
I just assumed that the cheapest camera there would be compatible with my old Windows XP machine; it said Windows XP on the package.
It wasn't until I was halfway through trying to rip the package open that I noticed the "System Requirements" that said it needed an Intel Pentium 4 processor with 2.4 GHz (or AMD Athlon equivalent), and thought to double check -- it looked familiar, but ....
I have a 2.21 GHz processor... and about a third of RAM I need.... I also noticed the date on my machine: 2002. Nine. Years. Old.
Damn.
And because I've already torn into the packaging, I won't be able to return it (but not torn into it enough to actually get the camera out of its blister pack)...
That'll learn me to double check these things before heading out the door...
Other things I bought:
A yard of burgundy poly fleece for my monster teddy, a new pair of scissors, so I can cut the fleece, and a packet of needles with a needle threader, so I can sew the fleece (threading the needles when I get to the end of the thread is what takes the most time and energy for me, in hand sewing).
A headset microphone/speaker combo thing (So at least I can record my voice, now... maybe my YouTube videos will be limited to storytelling with drawn & scanned illustrations).
And a wreath for my door, as a sign to the neighbors that I do, indeed, notice the passage of the year and the Holiday Season) -- it's a wreath of pine cones entwined with fake holly berries and leaves -- red and brown with highlights of green.
I just assumed that the cheapest camera there would be compatible with my old Windows XP machine; it said Windows XP on the package.
It wasn't until I was halfway through trying to rip the package open that I noticed the "System Requirements" that said it needed an Intel Pentium 4 processor with 2.4 GHz (or AMD Athlon equivalent), and thought to double check -- it looked familiar, but ....
I have a 2.21 GHz processor... and about a third of RAM I need.... I also noticed the date on my machine: 2002. Nine. Years. Old.
Damn.
And because I've already torn into the packaging, I won't be able to return it (but not torn into it enough to actually get the camera out of its blister pack)...
That'll learn me to double check these things before heading out the door...
Other things I bought:
A yard of burgundy poly fleece for my monster teddy, a new pair of scissors, so I can cut the fleece, and a packet of needles with a needle threader, so I can sew the fleece (threading the needles when I get to the end of the thread is what takes the most time and energy for me, in hand sewing).
A headset microphone/speaker combo thing (So at least I can record my voice, now... maybe my YouTube videos will be limited to storytelling with drawn & scanned illustrations).
And a wreath for my door, as a sign to the neighbors that I do, indeed, notice the passage of the year and the Holiday Season) -- it's a wreath of pine cones entwined with fake holly berries and leaves -- red and brown with highlights of green.
