5 Pounds of Pure Sexiness
So I started the new year by going out and buying my mother a laptop. <3
She's been wanting to get one for yonks. In fact, every time we go past a computer shop, she says longingly, "Maybe I should get a laptop. Then I could go surfing when I go travelling! And it would be so cool having something to carry around." So anyway, back in Hong Kong after her accident I was already thinking, She's going to be spending the next two months in the guest room downstairs, she's going to need a portable entertainment system, and there's no way I'm going to lug The Behemoth And All Its Peripherals down from her bedroom, so hey... why not get her a lappy after all? Since I have all that money put away for either an Oris TT3 or Hammy X-Copter that I don't see myself getting anytime soon because most of our trips abroad have been cancelled, I might as well use the dosh elsewhere.
So I went shopping. And found this ludicrously sexy lappy going for half of what I was expecting to shell out:
The cooler it's resting on came free with the laptop. (As did the bag - duh -, the mouse, the keyboard guard and the 4GB Kingston pen drive).
I fail at sticking on keyboard guards. But at least the blue lights are pretty, yo.
Admittedly, I wasn't as interested in its uber prettiness as I was in the specs:
Platform Notebook PC with Intel Centrino Duo Technology
Processor Type Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Processor Onboard Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2 GHz, FSB 800, Cache 2 MB)
Chipset Intel 45PM
Standard Memory 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM PC-8500
Max. Memory 4 GB (2 DIMMs)
Video Type ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 1278 MB (shared) (holy cow, mom, you could play Left4Dead on this if you wanted to)
Display Size 14" WXGA LED
Display Max. Resolution 1366 x 768
Display Technology Clear SuperView TFT
Audio Type Integrated
Speakers Type Integrated
Hard Drive Type 320 GB Serial ATA 5400 RPM
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Networking Integrated
Network Speed 10 / 100 Mbps
Wireless Network Type Integrated
Wireless Network Protocol IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Bluetooth Integrated
Keyboard Type QWERTY 82 keys
Input Device Type Touch Pad
Slot Provided Optional
Card Reader Provided SD, MMC, Memory Stick / Stick PRO
Interface Provided 2x USB 2.0, VGA, LAN, Audio, eSATA
Built in Web Camera with SmartFaceTM Technology
O/S Provided Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Battery Type Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
Power Supply External AC Adapter
Dimension (WHD) 340 x 38 x 232 mm
Weight 2.35 kg
3-year Limited Warranty by Authorized Distributor
<3 <3 <3
Windows 7 has, so far, proved to be far more user-friendly to less tech-savvy users like my mother. Which is good, because she's been handling the lappy far more confidently (and with far less questions) than her Behemoth.
Now I need to get her to kick her soap opera habit, and get her addicted to Plants vs Zombies instead.
She's been wanting to get one for yonks. In fact, every time we go past a computer shop, she says longingly, "Maybe I should get a laptop. Then I could go surfing when I go travelling! And it would be so cool having something to carry around." So anyway, back in Hong Kong after her accident I was already thinking, She's going to be spending the next two months in the guest room downstairs, she's going to need a portable entertainment system, and there's no way I'm going to lug The Behemoth And All Its Peripherals down from her bedroom, so hey... why not get her a lappy after all? Since I have all that money put away for either an Oris TT3 or Hammy X-Copter that I don't see myself getting anytime soon because most of our trips abroad have been cancelled, I might as well use the dosh elsewhere.
So I went shopping. And found this ludicrously sexy lappy going for half of what I was expecting to shell out:
The cooler it's resting on came free with the laptop. (As did the bag - duh -, the mouse, the keyboard guard and the 4GB Kingston pen drive).
I fail at sticking on keyboard guards. But at least the blue lights are pretty, yo.
Admittedly, I wasn't as interested in its uber prettiness as I was in the specs:
Platform Notebook PC with Intel Centrino Duo Technology
Processor Type Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Processor Onboard Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2 GHz, FSB 800, Cache 2 MB)
Chipset Intel 45PM
Standard Memory 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM PC-8500
Max. Memory 4 GB (2 DIMMs)
Video Type ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 1278 MB (shared) (holy cow, mom, you could play Left4Dead on this if you wanted to)
Display Size 14" WXGA LED
Display Max. Resolution 1366 x 768
Display Technology Clear SuperView TFT
Audio Type Integrated
Speakers Type Integrated
Hard Drive Type 320 GB Serial ATA 5400 RPM
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Networking Integrated
Network Speed 10 / 100 Mbps
Wireless Network Type Integrated
Wireless Network Protocol IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Bluetooth Integrated
Keyboard Type QWERTY 82 keys
Input Device Type Touch Pad
Slot Provided Optional
Card Reader Provided SD, MMC, Memory Stick / Stick PRO
Interface Provided 2x USB 2.0, VGA, LAN, Audio, eSATA
Built in Web Camera with SmartFaceTM Technology
O/S Provided Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Battery Type Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
Power Supply External AC Adapter
Dimension (WHD) 340 x 38 x 232 mm
Weight 2.35 kg
3-year Limited Warranty by Authorized Distributor
<3 <3 <3
Windows 7 has, so far, proved to be far more user-friendly to less tech-savvy users like my mother. Which is good, because she's been handling the lappy far more confidently (and with far less questions) than her Behemoth.
Now I need to get her to kick her soap opera habit, and get her addicted to Plants vs Zombies instead.