Laptop!

[bonnie_j]

I'm finally going to get myself a laptop! I've singled out a Dell Studio 15 that has a decent graphics card (I'm not about to take up a Crysis habit, but I would like the odd game of Civ4 without the floating eyeballs effect), but I'm still flailing around on processor speed

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[bonnie_j]

It's an Intel 2 Duo processor with an 800 FSB and a 2MB cache (as opposed to the next one up with a 1066 FSB and 3M cache). The opportunity cost of a pair of shoes argument convinced me and I went for the cheaper option in the end.

It's not going to be a little processor lag that pushes this computer into "annoying and must be replaced" territory in the long run - my current one is there because it's not a laptop, the dvd drive sounds like a low-flying aircraft and doesn't work properly, the graphics card is underspecced, the power supply fan is very noisy and taken altogether it's not worth solving each problem one at a time, especially since it's all about PCI express cards these days.

But it's going to be shiny! And red! And I can burn my own DVDs, and plug it into the stereo to play music, and stay in the warm room while doing so. Just need to get the long-distance network cable working.

[happydisciple]

Aren't you going to throw a WiFi bubble over the house?

(no ulterior motives, honest! ;-)

[bonnie_j]

:-) Depends on how fast Ash can get the cable working. He's bought a multimeter for the job.