Merry Christmas tech enthusiasts! This is just a quick little message to say that I hope Santa was good to you all and brought you all the gadgetry and upgrades you wished for. 
Apologies for things growing quite quiet around the blog front, but there are a few things lined up for 2014 which I’m hoping you’ll enjoy. I’m also hoping to have more for you Kindle enthusiasts! For now here is a wishlist I’m hoping to tackle in the first few months of 2014:
- New Smartphone to finally let me move on from my trusty old iPhone 3G and begin looking at some app reviews & maybe even some setup guides.
- Modest upgrades to the home server to let it run VMs a little more smoothly. An Intel Core i3 3220 CPU is currently top of my wishlist along with at least 1 additional 2TB HDD for storage and backups. Experimenting with a few different OS and software options for various purposes would be fun.
- Possibly a new graphics card for my gaming PC. Starfury’s still going strong, but I’d like to enjoy a little more of the beauty in Guild Wars 2 and while I’m squeezing every last bit of performance I can out of this 5.5yr old gamer, it’d be nice to spruce her up a bit before I have to replace her completely.
- While it’s still probably a looong way off, at some point I’d still really like to build a Hackintosh. Granted this seems unlikely to happen in 2014 since the iMac I bought in Nov 2012’s still doing everything I need it to and alas, boring stuff like paying the mortgage prevents me splashing out just for the sake of it … even though I really wanna!
Thanks for sticking with Tech Leopard in 2013, I really appreciate it! Here’s to wishing you a fantastic New Year and all the best for 2014! 