A few nights ago, my uncle sent me an e-mail with my (new) system's specs and the hardware. And basically, I was getting a 20" ViewSonic monitor, a 450 watt power supply thingy, with an awesome GeForce 8800 GTS, Windows Vista Ultimate for only $165, and believe it or not....a cheap, rusty AMD Athlon 64 3500+. My first impression were feelings of some disappointment, but I thought at that time that processors didn't matter as much, and as long as I had a great graphics card, I'd be fine. But just to make sure that things were all right, I did tons of research on the latest processors and reviews for my crappy processor. The scariest thing I found out was that 90% of ALL of the Games For Windows needed a dual core processor. Yikes. I freaked, but kept my cool while re-calling my uncle to give him a change of plans with the processor. And now, a few days later, I'm getting a duo processor from AMD. Nice. On top of that, I have to ruin my parents' money by deciding to buy another printer, since my Lexmark X75 is not supported by Vista...

So now you understand what I must go through at home. Much thinking has been done over the summer for me, but it's not my summer work for Honors. It's thinking about a costly computer. I make most of the decisions at home. Yep, I'm only 13. I can't say that I didn't eat my way up the family food chain to take power.