Comments | ojkolego: Notebook Nextgen

ojkolego

Notebook Nextgen

Feb 10, 2010 20:43

Today I ordered a Inspiron 11z laptop right from the German Dell website. It took me hours but I think I succeeded. Eventually.
I'm not sure if it was really worth the pain, yet, but rest assured, I'll let you know ASAP ;)

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applied geekery, my i18n

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irrevocabilis February 10 2010, 20:35:49 UTC

I just ordered the Dell Inspiron 546, on monday, thank you for sparing me tons of time and writing what I had on my mind... Except scratch the Linux part. I wish I knew Linux. I don't want to learn it - just, you know, KNOW it :)

ojkolego February 10 2010, 22:51:49 UTC

Hihihi, what a sweet coincidence! :)
Regarding Linux I totally understand you. I can only say that I learned it like and how I learned Polish: many challenging moments, many frustrations and only so much triumphs for a mortal.
The outcome of both hasn't been anywhere "monetizable", yet, but life changing mindset-wise nonetheless.
And since it's my life I decided that at least in these spheres I can do what I want to ;)
But the PowerBook G4 12' heritage will be a tough one for the Dell. As for any PC, I fear…

velvet_dreamer February 13 2010, 00:33:45 UTC

Ok, I'd like to write some witty comment about computers, but I basicly have no idea about computers and I just know how to spill coffee on them ;) Ok, I also know how to re/instal Windows. But's that's it ;) And basicly I'd love to quote "Little Britain" and say "Computer says NO" ;)

ps. yes, using Lisbeth Salander's (Stieg Larsson's hacker heroine) uerpic was intentional :p

ojkolego February 13 2010, 10:43:57 UTC

This wouldn't be a nextgen PC if it wouldn't have coffee spill prevention built in! :-P
Actually not so much prevention, because that would obviously require a Windows 18 Ultra Awesome license - and M$ hasn't made those available just yet -, but some anti mainboard spill contact mechanique that comes with cheap rubber tissues under the keyboard. No rocket science, you see. Could have been in every laptop since the 80s. But the industry has to pay bills, you know, and you spillers certainly did the trick ;) It's basically the same trick which made people believe, that reinstalling or upgrading an OS to "Professional" actually does cure the plague the OS actually IS, hihihihihi.

But more seriously there are many times when I wish I could rewind memory and UNLEARN all the silicon dream shit my head aggregated during these years. What kind of other person would I be? Less mutant or even more…?

PS: Nice pic, indeed! But I'm with Kuczon in Silesian dirt, still. Larsson is on the spring schedule.