oh, do I have to??

Due to the sheer number of windows we typically need to have open on our computers while doing our jobs here, most of the employees in my department have two computers: one for the main bulk of our work, and a second for idle things like monitoring.

One of my computers is a PIII with 256MB of RAM, the other a PII with 320MB of RAM, both with Win2K. Which do you think runs better? Not the PIII, surprisingly. The installation of Win2K on the PII has been there for well over two years (may 2001) and is still running strong (*knock on wood*). The PIII has had win2k installed since Oct 2001, and while I haven't had any need for it to be reinstalled, it's by far less efficient. Whether it's just because of the memory difference (oh, 64k, whee!!), I don't know. It could be a faulty install of Service Pack 4 for all I know.

But anyway, my whine is that I may have to give up my good running PII. :o( For some reason our bosses are going to double people up at desks (on opposite shifts) after the next schedule change. Right now we have enough desks so that only like two people have to share computers/desks. The one that told us about some of us having to double up at desks won't say why, except that the freed up desks will be needed. But why? Is another department moving in with us?

Feh. All I know is that because I got a shift that can accomodate desk sharing (the person who will share my desk is on the shift built like mine but on graveyards), I will probably have to give up my second computer and start using my desk mate's main computer as my secondary one. I'm half tempted to try to hide my second computer just before the schedule changes to see if I can manage to keep it. Either that or I'll plead with my bosses to let me keep my second computer. It's not like it would be in the way, it sits on the floor anyway (it's a tower, the PIIIs are desktops).

Maybe it's petty to be complaining about something as trivial as losing a good computer, but dammit, if it ain't broke, leave it alone! :-(

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