For the last month I'd been trying to figure out how my hard drive, which it 1 terabyte, was nearly full when I hardly download anything at all. So I looked up some programs to help with this and I found WizTree. I downloaded, installed and then ran it and it turned out that more than half of my hard drive was from system restore information. Thankfully it didn't take too long to remedy this and I brought it down to 10 percent of my hard drive instead of 50.
I also took the liberty of upgrading an old as dirt video card and so far this one I found for a good price on ebay seems to be working well. I guess going from a 1 gigabyte ATI Radeon HD4870 to an AMD Radeon HD6950 with 2 gigs isn't a huge jump given we have the R9 series these days, but it's about as high as my stupid Dell motherboard will let me go where video hardware is concerned.
In any case it runs games a lot smoother than my old 4870 did and that's what matters. Still, this is the one thing I hate, especially where games are concerned. Every 18 months or so the requirements and recommended hardware get more outlandish and yet we don't see too many innovations beyond 'better graphics'. With a lot of games these days it feels like game play and actual experience are almost secondary.
Consoles? I've got a Nintendo Wii and a modified 3DS with a huge battery. Otherwise I usually stick to my pc for playing other games because consoles themselves aren't what they used to be. The Xbox 360 and PS3 were both horrendously overpriced at the time of their release which meant I practically sat that generation out. The Xbox One and PS4 aren't much better. Slightly better visuals, sure, but not a whole lot else.
I usually love to tinker with hardware, software and all that jazz, but I seriously would love to see a true game changer, because I'm almost burnt out as far as technology goes.
See you around,
Homer