Got a new laptop
Well, I finally decided to break down and buy a laptop. This is a Dell Inspiron 1525 Special Edition, the black one (note the matrix like design on the cover).
Specs aren’t high end (don’t think I’ll be running Crysis on it, but luckily I don’t play many PC games), but still nice for a laptop:
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5550 (1.83GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista ® Home Premium Edition >:(
LCD Panel : Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280×800)
DVD Drive: CD / DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Memory: 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
Hard Drive: Size: 250GB2 SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Video: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (I think 384MB Shared)
Sound: High Definition Audio 2.0 (sucks ass)
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card
Even though I probably shouldn’t have spent this kind of money (Thank God for credit), now I can at least code while away from home. Originally I took Evil Vista off of the machine and tried Ubuntu Linux 7.10, but Linux’s support is iffy on this release (graphical glitches, sound and wireless stopped working). Then I tried the 8.04 beta, it was better but nearly everything was locked out (due to the beta status). The sound would work on some apps but not others, and I couldn’t even virtualize a copy of XP because Parallels and VMWare didn’t support the beta. So I just broke down and put good old XP Pro on it. Guess its just a classic.
So anyway, let me know what you think of my new toy.
