Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Adventures of my new computer

I have been using the same computer since 1999 or 2000 or something loooong like that. This was back when an 850MHz PC was blazing... It's been with me through good times and bad, but in mid Nov, it finally died.

I replaced it with a groovylicious ASUS Z96J laptop. It has 2GB of RAM, 80GB hard disk, a dedicated graphics card, and most importantly, I bought an external drive caddy so I can reuse all the data I already have on my old hard disks. It has a little bit of a problem with a very warm (but not hot) hand rest, but I've been able to largely avoid that problem by using an external USB mouse. So far, life's been good.

But now, I am drooling over this - a Belkin notebook expansion dock that includes 5 USB2 ports, as well as connectors for my monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse! I could sit down at my desk, plug my notebook into one teeny weeny little dock, and have full access to all my goodies.

Any guesses what I want to see in my stocking for Xmas...?

1 comment:

fishtail said...

The winning Inter-State lottery for US$168 million would be nice.