If you can read this . . .

. . . then my new PC is working, has my data, has software installed, can see the net, and knows where my LJ is (among other things). And that means that I'm covered in packing material, dust from behind the old computer, weird grit from inside the new computer, and so on for a good reason, and I can now go take a shower knowing that I won't have to pull everything out again to make it work. At least not for a few years. Heh.

Wins this time:

• Fastest switchover ever, despite the "meh" items below! Rah!
• Core 2 Quad with 4GB of 1,066MHz RAM. Dang, this is fast.
• Samsung 22" monitor. This was surely the right choice. I can feel my eyestrain melting away already. And perversely, it fits where the old 19" monitor went, because new LCD monitors are more svelte and aren't 30% frame.
• Logitech G7 mouse. Wow, but this is cool. I can change dpi on the fly with buttons, and I can swap battery packs like one of those quick-shooting champs swaps pistol magazines.
• Microsoft Office 2007. Okay, so while Microsoft isn't perfect, this software is still far faster, cleaner, and better-looking than what I had on my old box. I'll have to spend a few weeks getting Word to work the right way, but that's life.
• Windows Vista x64. Specifically, it's very fast, saw my LAN right away, and supports all of my new hardware. And again, while Microsoft isn't perfect, it came through for me: My ancient mail client and text editor, which I can't bear to part with, and which are probably 16-bit applications from the Dark Ages, run better than they ever did. (And eat just about none of my RAM . . . woohoo!)

Meh:

• Windows Easy Transfer. It isn't easy and it doesn't transfer. After dropping $60 on an Easy Transfer Cable, I ended up doing most of the transfer by USB key and the rest by bouncing my data off my old computer and onto my new one via my LAN.
• Stupid bit of plastic. A tiny shred of wrapper down inside the battery well of the mouse prevented the battery from making contact. It took an hour to troubleshoot this (I mean, I don't own a fiberscope). It wouldn't have been there if the mouse hadn't been inside a bag inside a clamshell case inside a box. Overpackaging sucks . . .
• Headset mic. This has nothing to do with the new PC, I think. But the mic on my relatively new headset doesn't work (at least not well), meaning that the Shiny New™ experience is slightly tarnished by a cranky piece of old kit.