After much debate, Gina and I decided to get a laptop today. Using Rory's old laptop upstairs as much as we have (even though it has seen much better days) the last few months was enough to show us that, based on use, we could justify the purchase.
Even though I don't like what the government is doing with it, I do have to thank the economic stimulus payment for making this possible.
The two brands that we most strongly considered were Dell and Mac. In the end, we just didn't think the Mac fit our needs enough to warrant the change (and platform headaches) and getting one that would also Windows XP was not in the budget.
If we were planning to be mobile with it I'd honestly say it is too big. The only weird part to me about the size which will take some getting use to is that the keyboard is not centered so it can also fit the ten key on it (which Gina and Molly both loved).
I upgraded everything but the video card (I hope I don't regret that). I wanted to but for another $100 I just couldn't pull the trigger considering it won't be used much for gaming, DVDs, etc. I even added the built in webcam (Shane, you can't say we don't love you anymore).
Now, we wait.
The estimated ship date is 5/15.
Even though I don't like what the government is doing with it, I do have to thank the economic stimulus payment for making this possible.
The two brands that we most strongly considered were Dell and Mac. In the end, we just didn't think the Mac fit our needs enough to warrant the change (and platform headaches) and getting one that would also Windows XP was not in the budget.
My main stipulation was being able to get most of the features I wanted and keep it under $1,000 (which I was able to do). We decided on a 17" Dell. It's huge. I preferred the 15.4" but the only screen option for it was the glossy. No thanks.
I upgraded everything but the video card (I hope I don't regret that). I wanted to but for another $100 I just couldn't pull the trigger considering it won't be used much for gaming, DVDs, etc. I even added the built in webcam (Shane, you can't say we don't love you anymore).
Now, we wait.
The estimated ship date is 5/15.
"(which Gina and Molly both loved)."
ReplyDeleteAnd we all know its all about what we like.
I would say the cheep $300 laptop we got was one of the best things I have ever purchased, welcome to the team!
ReplyDeleteIt's true, the weight of my opinion falls somewhere between Casey and Nugget I think.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm very much looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteI wanted one years ago when we bought our desktop but I couldn't get Gina on board with me at that time (see my prior comment).
did you put the part about XP not being in the budget in there specifically for me, because you knew i was going to tell you to get a mac with parallels to run both pc and mac on the same machine? well you should of dammit! Welcome to the 21st century anyways.
ReplyDeleteNo, it was something my neighbor suggested too.
ReplyDeleteHow does the mouse work on those, is it a two button? Does the left button only work for windows based programs?
The one button mouse was so weird last night.
you get a mighty mouse and you can program it to both left and right click
ReplyDeleteIn the words of Sarah "it also has a clitoris."
ReplyDeleteYou knew that was coming Brian.
Ummm Gina....
ReplyDeleteThat was kinda Slutty