Sims 3 dilemma...

AGH!!!  So, I just have to vent somewhere that people would understand my frustration and not just look at me with funny looks when I explain...

I bought Sims 3!  Yeah!!  I'm excited, I've even got the collector’s edition, get home and I'm ready to go.  I know my computer isn't the greatest, so I continue to delete everything Sims 2....everything... (Wouldn’t want to risk slowing down Sims 3 right!?)  I get Sims 3 installed, things are looking good, and then there is a friendly message about my video card not being readable.  Okay, not a big deal, I'm sure it happens all the time.  On I go.  I develop my character, had her ready to go with her wants and dreams and even a cute little outfit!!  I'm just getting more and more excited!  I'll be able to do things I never could before.  So, we pick out a cute little place and the tutorial begins...then the computer freezes.  No big deal, I take a deep breath and reboot.  I get a little further in my tutorial (she finally sits on her couch) and then it freezes again. 

Okay, I'm starting to get a little annoyed by this point.  I figure maybe I just need to upgrade my video card.  On to the internet I go to research video cards.  I look, and look and check blogs and computer guru sights and even the OEM site.  Turns out, I can't even upgrade my stinking computer!!!  (Smoke can now be seen coming out of my ears...)

Deep breath, maybe it's just time to get a new computer just for my Sims.  My hubby and I have even talked about it before, so what the heck.  There has to be something out there that is inexpensive enough.  Well, not so...all the really cheap computers won't even process my new game, let alone the Sims 2!  So, aside from saving up $$$$, I will just hold my Sims 2 ever the more tightly.  I still have my Sims 3, and it will sit, waiting patiently to open its loving arms one day.  But now I get to start from scratch and maybe this time, I'll do what a smart 'Sim-mer' would do, and back my files up!!!  AGH!

Well, dear reader, if there is one...thank you for letting me vent...

Happy Simming!!