So I decided to take a break from the daily grind with computers and visit San Antonio with my girlfriend and her family. We’re staying at the very badass 5 star Westin La Contera resort, and touring the various sites for the next three days. I’ll be posting pictures every day that we’re here on the page listed below. Since my laptop is in the shop, I have to rely on my iPhone for my computing functions. Unfortunately, that means these posts will be shorter, and I can’t comment on the photos, but I’ll be back on Monday, refreshed and ready to code more XNA goodness.
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Got a new laptop
Posted in General with tags laptop computer on April 4, 2008 by ghaladenWell, 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.
Just the beginning…
Posted in General with tags beginning, intro on February 14, 2008 by ghaladenOkay, since this is the first post of my blog, I’m not really going to say much here. This is my new space for relaying my thoughts, feelings, and just everyday rants. Hope you will join me on the ride.
