I have a computer, his name is Gromit, he is 2 years and 4 months old. Gromit and I have been through a lot together. We have collaborated on presentations, my Masters thesis, and he has held my picture archive for work. It is through gromit, that I can use awesome apps like SubEthaEdit, cyberduck, Keynote, Itunes, and Iphoto. In short, Gromit is a lean, mean computing machine. I love Gromit dearly, but this morning I had to pull the plug on him. He is now resting in computer heaven (temporarily).

These are the course of events, which ultimately let to the death of Gromit.
On Monday morning I woke up, checked my e-mail. It was then I heard his brain making noises. He was clicking at me and I knew then it was his hard drive failing. I backed up my data right away, and watched him deteriorate slowly. Tuesday he was still alive, as far as I could tell, he was still clicking and I knew it was only a matter of time. This morning he was no longer responsive. I shut him down for the last time.

Gromit will be having brain surgery next week. he will come back bigger and better than ever. Gromits brain capacity will increase 2x, and all the apps will be freshly installed and he will be running a brand new OS; Tiger.

I am happy that Gromit and I will be reunited in the end. He is a small and good machine. He is my first over 1k purchase, and for that he will always have a special place in my heart.

The next time I write, I will be writing to you via Gromit. He is missed, but he will be back.