Shopping for a New Computer

So I've started saving up for a new comupter, which I plan to purchase over the summer. And as I begin shopping, I begin thinking about the state of technology today, and how far it has come since yesterday. I mean, I remember well the days of dial-up internet and how amazing it was. I spent hours on the computer then, but maybe that's just because you had to if you wanted to get anything done. But hey, I spend hours on the computer now, just a few years later, and now I've got cable internet, exponentially faster than that old dial-up stuff, and still I get frustrated with my computer because it's not "good enough." This makes me wonder, where will we stop? Will we keep advancing the technology? How much farthur can we possibly go? And what will all this mean for our daily lives? It's pretty crazy, when you start to think about it. I mean I can't even wrap my mind around it.

But when I went shopping, I saw a lot of numbers. Not mentioning the big number, which was the price, there were numbers for memory and RAM and all this stuff and suddenly I'm not so sure how computers work anymore. If you had asked me a few days ago if I was good with computers I probably would have said yes. Now I'm not so sure. I'm nervous going into this because I'm not sure what to look for, and I'm not sure what's good as far as these numbers are concerned. This problem is easily fixed, though. I can just bring one of my friends with me, someone who is a lot more tech savy than I am. But still, this whole thing is intimidating. It's exciting at the same time, though, because I'm ready to have that laptop. I guess we'll see how it turns out. I'll keep you posted (is that a pun? I think it is. I mean, I'm laughing.)