I need more revs - so let's feed the pigs

I've been digging away at my IT problems over the last few weeks. The most significant ones were of video quality, stemming from dropped video frames and invalid arguments. Well, I think I now have the answer.


As I thought it means a new PC. Laptop hard drives only work at 5400rpm. Typical desktop speeds are 7200rpm. My little Acer is just not quick enough on the uptake.

So to what should I upgrade? I did the sensible thing and asked my webhosts, Flying Flounder.

Eric and Helen live not far from me in the Cornish countryside. "Have you ever seen a pig eat?" Eric asked me.

I have but not recently. So we put on some boots and visited Babe and Curly in their comfortable sty. We even tried Eric's Farmer's Boy weighing tape on them. You put it around the amiable pig's armpits and the circumference of the said pig then translates into weight. Babe and Curly turned out not to be too fat but "nearly
ready."

Later we retired to Eric's workshop and he wrote down some items of hardware to provide a solid foundation for my publishing empire. First and foremost is a SATA drive of 10,000pm. Next is a dual core processor. Finally, Eric recommended a separate graphics card.

He even took me on a guided tour of the inside of a high spec PC so that I would recognise the right bits in the shops. Now all I have to do is find machines with these features and compare prices.

Eric and Helen also threatened to feed me (unfortunately I'd just eaten), gave me duck eggs, sausages and pork chops from their last pigs and a children's book to read - Uncle by J P Martin, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Now that's what I call IT support.