Continuing from my earlier bad news story, my brother might be loaning me his old computer for an indeterminate time. It’s quite a bit newer than the Pentium II, and can even run Oblivion (although Fallout 3 would tax its poor little brain too much). The trick would be getting it home from Oshawa, and I’d need to get a new hard drive into it as he doesn’t want me to reformat the one currently in the machine. While this is no permanent solution, if I get it home after this weekend then I don’t have to worry so much about working on Drupal Publisher, as Live Photo Gallery works fine on Windows XP.

I’ll still need a new machine, but it’s no longer such an urgent situation. (Insert sigh of relief here.) I wouldn’t mind getting a Eee PC for portable computing, but I’d still want a powerful desktop solution for gaming and Vista development. The Eee is a neat little system, too — my friend Frazer has one and so I’ve been able to give it a spin. The limited screen space isn’t all that great, but it does pack some decent power, enough that newer models can apparently run the latest milestone builds of Windows 7. And they’re getting rid of the smaller screens now, too, so perhaps one of the latest Eee PCs would be all I need.

Anyway, I should get some sleep (although I probably won’t). Looks like things will turn out okay, if not great, after all.