New Toy

I'm writing this up on the all-new (albeit refurbished) Munin, which is the name I give to my secondary computer, as my main computer is named Hugin.
(In Norse mythology, Odin, King of the Gods, had two ravens, Hugin and Munin, or "Thought" and "Memory")
I don't really have time for much of an entry, as I'm still going through and tweaking Munin to get it the way I want it.
That's always the hassle with getting a new computer: by default, nothing is the way you want it.
Of course, XP does include the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard," which makes this sort of thing easier...provided you actually remember to copy the the files and settings you want to transfer to your new computer from the old one.
Oops.
Sure, I could hook up the old Munin for a bit and copy the files, but honestly, there's not that much I need to transfer, as I didn't do much on Munin, and I mostly have things the way I want them at this point anyway.
The one thing that I'm just astounded by, though, is all of the crap that you're bombarded with the first time you turn on a new computer. I spent an hour uninstalling all of the useless programs Dell bundled with it, and every time I tried to do something I was hit by a prompt from some program demanding attention.
Microsoft and/or OEMs like Dell ought to have some organized, orderly set up that will carefully walk new users through everything rather than hitting them from all sides all at once. I can't imagine how overwhelmed someone who's not as computer-savvy as I am would feel being hit by all of the "Register Now" windows and all of the other detritus that hits you the first few times you boot up until you finally get everything sorted out.
In any case, I should get back to it. If I don't post another entry, have a good weekend everybody.