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i'm not getting a ferrari. i'm happy enough sitting here:

for a while, the media center hasn't been doing any of it's cool party tricks. that's been mostly fixed. i picked up a a wireless card, so i can get online, and a cable splitter so i can recieve _some_ cable.
after our cable box fried, we went to get a new one from comcast. the new boxes (apparently our old style was discontinued) have no digital coax out, and they don't pass cable signal through. so all my media center was getting was snow. granted, it detects the set top box signal, but i couldn't get the remote signal repeater to work with the cable box, so i got nothing. now, with the splitter, i at least get local channels. that works for me, at least for 'VCR-like' functions, meaning i can record the OC, coupling, desperate housewives, and america's next top model.
it means i won't likely be using the PVR-like functions, though, since paying for cable, but not watching it is pretty silly. why cable companies still insist on set-top boxes, i don't know.
the wifest also bought me a wireless keyboard from iffy so that i can sit on the couch instead of the floor that's why i'm not getting a laptop, since that would really only be so i could use it in the bedroom, which really isn't necessary.