Actually a couple bright sides. (Hey Mr. Brightside?)

1) The entire reason I decided to reinstall Windows was because my Zune has never worked with my computer, requiring me to keep my old PC running to get music on it. If you can't imagine how much of a pain it was to have to use an old computer just for one particular task...well, let me assure you it was a pain! But this has resolved the issue and my Zune is now happily syncing music from this computer.

2) I also decided to up the RAM. Just going from 1GB to 2GB has made a remarkable difference. It might also be because I haven't installed a ton of crap yet. This computer is actually a year and a half old now and it was never top of the line to begin with (was never intended to be...not sure if I want to build myself a powerful machine again). With 2GB of RAM it runs fast. Once I get all 4GB in there I should at least be fine for all of my basic computing needs for a while.

Now if I'll be able to run Diablo 3 when it comes out is another story. ;)

The RAM was what I bought today instead of a laptop though. I've been going back and forth on whether or not I want one. I will be traveling soon and I thought it'd be nice. Then I realized I will be traveling with my work laptop so I really have no intention of carrying two. So if a RAM boost was all I needed (actually really didn't need it too bad...computer was running pretty well. Now it just seems to run really well!) then I'll sit tight on any computer upgrade for a while. If I can push this to 3 years then I'll look at all my options at that point.