Gmail is the new "Sliced Bread"

When I signed up for Google Apps, I was given a 2,000mb inbox. I just glanced at the bottom of the screen and saw that I now have 4,337 mb. Google Apps is one of the best things that has happened to me. I can run up to 100 email addresses through the one account - ideal for a business or other organisation. As some of you will know, I'm running my email address (andy@equipbiz.co.nz) through GMail, and I can even use the excellent GMail chat with my email account. I can login to check my emails at http://mail.equipbiz.co.nz. I've got about 3 email addresses automatically forwarding everything to andy@equipbiz.co.nz, and I can send mail from other email addresses - through andy@equipbiz.co.nz and it appears as if it was sent from those other email addresses.

And then I've got Google Docs which I can access at http://docs.equipbiz.co.nz through my own customised login screen. Wow, Google is... wow.

Forget sliced bread, GMail is where it's at.

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computers

This is my live post documenting the computers I have owned.

1. Mac

Bought for $25 from a garage sale in about 1999. At this time, Si also had an identical Mac which cost him only $5. The picture may not be exactly right, but it was "one of those macs with a handle". Coolness.

2. Zenith laptop running Windows 3.1

This was the closest image I could find. Mine had the black and white screen. I paid not very much for it, could have been $50. I sold it for $200 - could have been $250.

3. Pentium I IBM 75mhz 32mb 1gb

Again, this is a similar but not exact image of this computer. I paid (sigh...) was it $375 or $475? It could have even been $200, I can't remember. It was an absolute bargain. Came with a sweet as computer desk, a printer, a then unheard of 21" monitor that weighed more than you do. It was a very reliable computer with a huge 1gig hard drive and a CD drive that sounded like some music you hear today on the radio. I played Hugo's Horiffic Adventure, Nitemare, Avenger and other classics. The Age of Empires I demo only just worked on it, so that was fun too. I learned heaps on this computer.

brief list which will be updated eventually:

• Toshiba Satellite 2450
• Toshiba Satellite 2410
• Toshiba Satellite 333mhz
• The "blue beast"
• The red apple
• The computer on the side of the road
• Asus A6000
• Toshiba TE2100
• Toshiba Satellite A100
• Current computer (built)
• "aeroplane" computer
• 4 X Compaq 200mhz, 2gb, 32mb
• Compaq 400mhz, very stable, excellent case
• 1X Dell laptop & 1 X Toshiba laptop - parts only
• Artec Archie (Shop4Computers) $220, 1.1ghz?, 20gig

Wow, this list is long. I'll bit by bit work on remembering and noting down things.