Payday

[memnus]

And, I have a new computer on the way. I went with a PC Magazine Editor's choice:

HP Pavilion dv4000 customizable Notebook PC

• Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
• Intel(R) Celeron(R) M 360 (1.4 GHz)
• FREE Upgrade to 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen!
• Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 900
• 1.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB)
• 100 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
• DVD+/-RW/R & CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer Support
• Sonic DigitalMedia Deluxe-Burn/Copy, Label CD/DVDs
• FREE Upgrade to Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG WLAN!
• 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
• Microsoft(R) Works/Money
• Symantec(TM) Norton AntiVirus(TM) 2005
• hpshopping in-box envelope

I opted to go with the cheapest processor, but splurge on memory and hard drive instead. It should hopefully build and ship just about in time for school to start, so I can do all my work in the lounge.

It's way past my bedtime.

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Comments

[memnus.livejournal.com]

I'm far from a poweruser when it comes to operating systems - I don't particularly needmy network performance optimized, or to remote desktop into my laptop, or ... whatever. I can't think of the other differences.

The PRO/Wireless was their free integrated (I assume) 802.11g wireless card, which theoretically has some magical synergy going on with the Celeron. I'm skeptical, but it was that, randomass other wireless card, or modem/ethernet, all for the same price.

[iluvsheep.livejournal.com]

802.11g, ah, now you a speaking my language. If you had gotten something with 802.11a I was going to warn you that it isn't compatible with Mudd's 802.11b wireless. I got burned on that one the first time that I bought a wireless card ("Do you want the fastest one?" "Sure!" ... Curse them). However, it looks like 802.11g is backwards compatible with 802.11b, though you will probably max out at 11Mb/s instead of the promised 22Mb/s.