For the first time in the five years that this comic has been running , I’m doing a donation drive.
Let me explain, right now I am in desperate need of a computer hardware upgrade. For the last few years, I have been doing Requiem on a Gateway laptop, which is in urgent need of an upgrade. Because of it’s age, I am still stuck on a 160gb hard drive, and because of the age of the tech, there is no way to even upgrade it, and because of the files needed to do these comics, pulling anything off is not an option. Heck, right now, after pulling off everything I can, I can barely even defrag the thing.
What my plan is, is to get a good bare bones system for the comic, and with your help, get into this century. I will be doing artwork and wallpapers for anyone who donates, and I will try to put together some special stuff for you as well.
So, I’m hoping for your help. I’m putting together cash for this on my end as well….and between myself, and all of you readers out there, I hope to make it happen.
Thanks!!!!
You know, I have a desktop I can send you. It’s running XP, has a largish hard drive and lots of memory. It’s surplus to me. Only flaw – a noisy power supply fan.
Let me know.
Ken
Thank you for the offer, but I’m gonna hold off on this for a little while. Part of the reason I am looking to upgrade is to get into a functional 64 bit system as well. Quite frankly, I’ve written myself into a corner, and I need the greater access to RAM just to get the story finished. There have been a couple sections so far that I haven’t been able to do the way I’ve wanted to because I was limited to 2 gigs of RAM per application.
Heck, there have been a couple of section where we were pushing things so hard that peoples hair wouldn’t even render. (The whole section where Siobhain got killed)
I recommend getting on the Tiger Direct mailing list: they have an incredible barebones deal that goes on a good sale once every month or two. I personally have every intention to get this one (or the rough price equivalent) this fall when I’m no longer broke, and it goes on sale: (currently 1099, but was 899 at beginning of May) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4601609&Sku=B69-1054
That’s exactly the one that I am looking at as a matter of fact 🙂
You might also want to check out the Dell Outlet Store. It’s where I bought my last one – best I’ve had.
Ken
You forgot to give the URL
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventorySearch?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh
Every computer I have purchased for the last 10 years has been from this address and they have never done me wrong.
Refurbished machines are often better than anything you can get from Tiger Direct, because they have been checked at least twice for problems (since they have often been sent back once for problems originally).