
I hadn't seen my computer in years. My mom had it at home unused since she doesn't like using computers much. My husband suggested we bring it over and see what we could do with it, maybe improve some things so we could use it in some way (we really need another computer for work). That's a difficult task, though, since this is a very old computer. I have GTA San Andreas installed, and I don't know how it runs on that machine, but miraculously it does, haha. The idea was to at least expand the RAM since my father-in-law has several memory modules that he lent us to install.

But we installed a 4GB stick, and the computer apparently has a "limit" of 2.95GB, and it won't go any higher. Honestly, I didn't really understand that. My husband explained it to me, and I was quite confused; I didn't know it had a limit, haha. It was impossible to expand its RAM... Anyway, my husband said we should format it to see if it improves performance because this computer is incredibly slow.

It's so slow that I connected the internet and it took about 3 minutes to open Google Chrome and it was impossible to open any web page, so I don't know if we should waste time and energy formatting it, I feel like it's only good for playing GTA San Andreas.

And although I'm still not sure whether to format or not, I backed up all the photos and videos I have on that computer and transferred everything to an external hard drive. Looking at the photos and videos filled me with nostalgia. I remembered all the afternoons I spent playing on my computer, chatting, listening to music, watching my kittens play in the living room, my mom watching TV near me while I played. I also remembered my dad. I used the computer a lot to forget my surroundings, to escape reality for a while. But what touched me most was seeing photos and videos of my kittens who have passed away, Kitty and Alan, my two great loves. I was also surprised to find a video my dad took of my cat. It was strange to hear his voice after more than 11 years; I had forgotten what his voice sounded like, the way he spoke.
