New machine

I am sitting at my dining room table this morning where I have temporarily set up a new computer. I had not bought a new machine since 2018 but with Windows 10 support phasing out and my computer not really ready for Windows 11 I thought it was time. That was probably not the main reason for upgrading. Computers have gotten faster and bigger and I realized that I would enjoy working with something more modern. Most of what I do on the computer, or rather most of what I do that makes any real demands on the computer, is processing photographs. Over the last couple of years I have become reliant on new software features that are slow to run on the old machine. For example, to denoise a photo there could take 2 or 3 minutes. The new machine is a little better; it can denoise a photo in a few seconds. I take a lot of photos (on the theory that if you take many shots some of them will turn out) so this makes a big difference for me. As always it is a pain to move to a new machine. Some software is easy to move; some has issues and some just has to be replaced. Like its predecessor, this computer is physically large and heavy. Fortunately I have a wheeled cart in case I need to move it around. A sign of age. I like a good sized case because it permits expansion. This machine can theoretically hold up to 28 disk drives although it is starting off life with only 5. I hope it lasts me for 6 or 7 or more years so I have no idea what I will add or replace. I hope it serves me well.