Everybody lies

posted on Sunday, January, 6th, 2008 in default

I know I’m a bit late with my first post for this year. I could say that is because I just wanted to wait until I actually had something to say. Or because I am finding myself being more of a blog reader than a writer lately. Which would both be true. But the real reason is another one.

This year is shaping up to be quite a bit better than 2007 (which is not too hard). At least this time I am having one highlight already: My new laptop finally arrived 2 days ago (and naturally I have spent the last 2 days playing around with it).

After much deliberation I did finally break down right after Christmas and ordered it online on December, 27th. I transferred the money on the same afternoon, but because of those bleedin’ useless holidays it took forever to arrive, which as you can probably imagine, didn’t really increase my love for Christmas and everything related to it. So I had to go back to Leipzig last week without a new laptop. But when I came home for the weekend it was finally here.

And what can I say? I’m completely in love.

Not only is it shiny and new and beautiful (that would really be enough to fall in love with it). But it’s also working with all my other gadgets (external harddrive, camera, printer, scanner etc.) without any fuzz. But mostly I love it because it’s all mine, my own, my preciousssss…. *ahem, ok, Gollum-mode off*

Ok, it came with Windows Vista pre-installed, which I’m not really certain I will keep for long (I’m more of an XP fan, but I will give Vista a try before I kick it). At least all the programs I regularly use do still work under Vista.

What I do look forward to most is watching DVDs on this laptop. My old one was not only a bit overtaxed with playing videos (no wonder with 128 MB RAM and an 8 year old graphics chip), it also only had an 8” screen, which made figuring out what exactly went on in a movie a bit of a hassle. Watching stuff like The Lord of the Rings on an 8” screen just doesn’t cut it, believe me. 15,4” is not exactly a cinema either, but it’ll be a hell of a lot easier on the eyes.

I already bought a new mouse to go with it, now all I need is a carry case. I am thinking about tweaking one of the numerous backpacks I have lying around here. Not only because I am absolutely broke for at least the next 3 months or so, but also because I don’t really want to walk around with a normal notebook carry case. They practically scream “I have a notebook in here, steal me!”