Second Assignment of Paragraph Writing

It's not Superman, It's SuperPC

For about three years, my life has been saved by my simple-looking computer. It has accompanied me to pass the days, from the easiest days to the most difficult, from the busiest days to the loneliness. Every one who sees my PC would think that it is not a special one. It's powered by Intel^® Pentium^® D 2,8 GHz, 512 MB of Random Access Memory (RAM), 128 MB of Video Graphic Accelerator and Gigabyte™ as it motherboard. It can contain about 120 GB of data. All of the software inside can be seen through the Advance™ 15" semi-flat monitor. To accommodate my interest about music, a pair of Logitech™ speakers flank the monitor. It is not the best speakers in the world, but at least my ears aren't feel bad listening to the music through them. My PC lacks of DVD-ROM or DVD-RW, but it doesn't mean that my desire about watching movies can't be satisfied, because it still has a CD-RW.

For three years, my Personal Computer hasn't changed much in physical appearance. I only changed the keyboard few weeks ago due to the former keyboard's dysfunction. The software has a different fate with the hardware. Some of the programs have changed, added and removed several times. The most significant change was few weeks ago, together with the change of the keyboard. My PC had been long infected by a worm virus. It denied the anti-virus access. It couldn't be deleted by any anti-virus, and anti-virus wouldn't work. After the infection had become more dangerous, my father called a computer repairman to repair it. The repair deleted many program files included my favorite program, Microsoft® Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2005. But at least, the Microsoft® Documents has been upgraded to the newest version.

As I've written above, Microsoft® Encarta is my favorite program, then why? I had installed the program since I was in the eleventh grade. This program is very interesting and it had made me know the world. My dream is living and working abroad in North America or Ireland, and Microsoft Encarta had encouraged me to dream and to struggle. It happened when I was in the last semester of my high school. I chatted with some people in the United States and Canada, and they has inspired me to dream and to struggle. I've also learned about American Dream, where dreams become true in that land of opportunity. The life story of Barrack Obama has also inspired me. There are many Americans and Canadians who have inspired me to dream. My friend from chatting, Emily McCoy from Lubbock, Texas, has also encouraged me. Right now, I have some friends from those countries. I also feel that they aren't far. Brittany Quick, an engineering student from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, has become my friend and told me much about American life. Kaila Marie Cote, a French Canadian girl, also has told me the Canadian way of life. All of my friends there encourage me to struggle, and all of that has started by the existence of Microsoft® Encarta.

I've started to write a novel since the odd semester ends. It can't be accommodated without the existence of my lovely Personal Computer. It provides the standard program files to write, Microsoft Word. I get many information about the place settings of my novel from the internet. I surfed anything I want to surf. My computer isn't connected to the internet, so I have to go to the internet café to get the information I need. But I've installed Mozilla® Firefox to my computer, in case when I need to read the information I need. I copy the Firefox's pages into my USB drive and move them to my computer's hard disk. Then, whenever I need to read again, I can open it through Mozilla® Firefox. Microsoft® Encarta used to help me finding information I need also. But, after the repair, I can't find with it. I've planned to find a Microsoft® Encarta installer to some of my friends, but I haven't found it yet. Maybe I'll find it in the CD-Rental.

My life has really been saved by my computer. I used to be a boy that don't have a dream, and now because of my computer, I've changed into a boy who has dreams and spirit to make the dreams come true. At least, it's what I feel right now.