Hurrah! BT finally connected the broadband on Monday. I started by hammering it with 5GB of downloads to my Xbox 360, then two episodes of Lost (boy, what an ending to episode 18, with them all being “dead”!) and two episodes of Heroes, and an episode of Hotel Babylon.  I must say it’s a hell of a fast line - 8Mbit compared to what I’ve had in Australia, 1.5Mbit (which was capped to 64k after 10GB anyway), is brilliant.

Secondly, the removal company dropped off all my stuff yesterday - I finally have all my CDs, DVDs, games, etc again, I’m just trying to think where I put Far Cry, because I want to load it onto my new rig.

The new PC: it arrived yesterday in kit form (obviously) - the case came on Monday because it was from a different warehouse, but the rest of the stuff came yesterday - the LCD came in a box, then I got another shipping-plastic-wrapped box with the graphics card in it, and finally a larger box with the motherboard, three sticks of RAM, DVD drive, hard drive, CPU, power supply, and keyboard. I put it altogether in my room (making it look like a huge mess ), and finally, pressed the power button. Nothing. Right, check the cable - wasn’t switched on at the wall. Turn on again…nothing. PSU switch was off. Third time lucky? Yep, POST screen came up (or rather, the nice Asus P5B Deluxe screen), all was good. So I grabbed the install disc for Vista, and, first time, it installed without a single issue…almost. I can sortof scan for wireless networks, but it refuses to connect.

I’ve actually got an ethernet cable going out my bedroom window and into the lounge window where the router is at the moment - bit ugly, but it’s gonna have to stay until the WiFi thing is fixed.

As for the performance, hell yeah. I can play avi files AND browse the web at the same time without a problem! And I can play HD clips, including the very demanding 1080p stuff - I’ve got the BBC’s Superstorm in 1080p - looked for a few minutes and it appears crystal clear, and supersmooth. Yay!

The sound is also pretty good - I’ve got it plugged into my existing Logitech X-530, and just listening to it on this, it’s fantastic (compared to the laptop speakers I’ve put up with for the past 2 years, lol). I can hear all sorts of new “bits” in the music that I’ve never heard before. O_o

I shall be posting photos of the new PC, my DVD+CD collection, and the TV/HiFi/home theatre system as soon as the stuff is all unpacked and setup and tidy.

And finally, something that has gone wrong/is annoying me: WLM is refusing to sign me in, as the Windows Live Support team are working on my account (I only want the country changed [their website keeps giving an error], and yet they’ve been at it since Monday night late GMT time). Very annoying. Odd thing is though, I can still use Meebo for some reason. Strange.