March 18, 2006
This is why I said don’t bother…
Yay, a quiet, mostly uneventful Birthday. Took care of some errands, did some minor web work, ordered a laptop, had breakfast with my sister and Sydney, and caught up on some much needed sleep.
Now, I’m most of you are gonna harp on that laptop part, wondering what the heck I’m doing ordering my own birthday present. Truth is, it is something I wanted, and have been planning on for a while. On top of that, it’s not like I’m expecting anyone to up and buy me a birthday present thats $2056.56. That’s a job for myself.
So just what did I get?
For those of you still not sure, it’s an Dell Inspiron 6000. No, it’s not cutting edge by any stretch of the imagination, but it’ll do anything I want it to. It may even handle the games ok, though that will require some testing.
For the geeks that want to know:
Inspiron 6000
Inspiron 6000 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
LCD Panel 15.4 inch UltraSharp WUXGA LCD Panel
Memory 1GB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 1 Dimm
Video Card 128MB DDR ATI’s MOBILITY™ RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics
Hard Drive 80GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Combo/DVD+RW Drives FREE! 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW)
Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO 2200 and Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Cards
Primary Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr)
Additional Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Battery (80 WHr) Additional Battery
Preliminary ship date is monday the 27th, with an estimated delivery date right near the end of the month. Obviously I’ll get pictures I took of it up then, once I get my camera back (I’m halfway expecting it to be regifted for my birthday.)
Anyway, it’s off to clean out the car, and head over to MD for their Odyssey tournament. Then to VA for tech help giving (well, prolly more than that, but… eh, nevermind) and then back to DE Sunday for my Birthday shindig.
They call me anti-social?
March 23rd, 2006 at 8:58
This is the one I had. the 17″ right? Les uses it now I have moved on to a Mac. but i love to use it when it’s laying around the house begging to be used. It’s a great laptop. It handles World of Warcraft beautifully. I also know it handles HL2 like a dream. So, you’ll be lovin’ this thing, no doubt.