Last may, I got a new laptop. It was an acer5670 aspire, with dual processors, 2 gigs of RAM, etc[1]. While I'd normally feel a bit unseemly for bragging up my laptop specs, this situation is a bit different. Acer -- in their infinite wisdom, gave me a system with dual processors, and Windows XP home edition preinstalled...

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You see kids, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition doesn't support dual processors. So why would Acer package a high end system with an operating system that didn't support it?

Roughly 3 hours ago, my computer froze. As usual, I hit the reset key only to see a black screen and white text alerting me that windows could not load. In some ways this was a blessing because it meant I would finally have to reinstall windows so my laptop could start running decently again.Since I'm used to this sort of thing(windows breaking), I keep all of my important files on a seperate harddisk from the windows install. So I'm back, and I must admit... things are running a lot better. Now ask me how much I'll enjoy running the full battery of windows updates since 2001 on Friday night. Or not, its up to you.