So amused by technology
May. 9th, 2009 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charloweenI did it! After weeks of whining about it, I went and bought a netbook. I got the Asus 1000HE (*flips computer over* yeah, that one) and it's pretty damn cute. But it has an okay keyboard, a matte screen, a 6-cell battery and is shiny and all-black.
I'm typing on this right now, and I've gotta say - yes, the keyboard is cramped, and no, I'm not sure why XP thinks there are two (two!) possible LAN connections when there is only one port, but all in all, it's not as bad as I was fearing. And this "chicklet" keyboard is pretty awesome because every key is separated by a few millimeters so you can tell where the edges of the keys are. Neat!
The sad part is I'm sitting on my bedroom floor, surrounded by 1) my replacement desktop that I built and that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nevalent helped me make run, 2) my laptop which has capital-I issues but, I'm sure, a heart of gold, 3) the old HP desktop that I used and absued for 6+ years before it died, and 4) the Mac G3 which was a tide-me-over while both the old desktop and the laptop were off on some mystical adventure leaving me computer-less. And then there's 5), my new teeny tiny shiny. *pats the shiny* (Proof, a photo which was taken by my phone and then transferred to my teeny tiny shiny via Bluetooth, hee!)
Note to self: in June, DO NOT BUY A COMPUTER.
Many thanks tonevalent and his zipcar.ca membership, infinite patience and good humour, and willingness to visit the P-Mall on a Saturday. Thanks too to all you flisters who've been listening to me go on about effing netbooks. (I has a shiny!) :D
I'm typing on this right now, and I've gotta say - yes, the keyboard is cramped, and no, I'm not sure why XP thinks there are two (two!) possible LAN connections when there is only one port, but all in all, it's not as bad as I was fearing. And this "chicklet" keyboard is pretty awesome because every key is separated by a few millimeters so you can tell where the edges of the keys are. Neat!
The sad part is I'm sitting on my bedroom floor, surrounded by 1) my replacement desktop that I built and that
nevalent helped me make run, 2) my laptop which has capital-I issues but, I'm sure, a heart of gold, 3) the old HP desktop that I used and absued for 6+ years before it died, and 4) the Mac G3 which was a tide-me-over while both the old desktop and the laptop were off on some mystical adventure leaving me computer-less. And then there's 5), my new teeny tiny shiny. *pats the shiny* (Proof, a photo which was taken by my phone and then transferred to my teeny tiny shiny via Bluetooth, hee!)Note to self: in June, DO NOT BUY A COMPUTER.
Many thanks to
nevalent and his zipcar.ca membership, infinite patience and good humour, and willingness to visit the P-Mall on a Saturday. Thanks too to all you flisters who've been listening to me go on about effing netbooks. (I has a shiny!) :D
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Date: 2009-05-09 07:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-09 07:54 pm (UTC)I'm excited that it fits inside my purse, which is a totally girly thing to be excited about.
*high five*
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Date: 2009-05-09 08:11 pm (UTC)They should have special award for those who dares to!
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Date: 2009-05-09 08:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-10 07:07 am (UTC)Your shiny is shiny. Got a name for him/her yet?
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Date: 2009-05-10 01:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-11 06:04 pm (UTC)*pets it through the internets*
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Date: 2009-05-11 06:39 pm (UTC)