New laptop! :D
So, as I've said before, in less than two months I'm starting college and (hopefully) moving into a dorm room. Obviously I'll need to buy a lot of new stuff, then; furniture, my own plates and cups, my own bedsheets and other linens and so on. One thing I'd also decided I definitely wanted to get before starting college, was a new laptop.
The PC that I had been using up to now, was still more or less the same one my parents gave me for highschool graudation seven years ago. Sure, some parts got replaced over the years, but I don't think there's a single piece of hardware in it that's under four years old. It still works... but it works pretty slowly, whenever I do something more advanced than browse the web or type up a bit of text.
Portability was also an issue; since I'll probably be living in a pretty small dorm room, and consequentially will have a pretty small desk, I wanted something that I could clear away if I need to do good old pen-and-paper homework and such. Easy enough to do with a laptop, quite a bit more work with a full PC with separate monitor, speakers, keyboard etc.
This past Monday was the big day! I spent the previous weekend comparing various brands and models, and then on Monday morning I finally decided on one and ordered it from the local computer store. Once I got home from work I rushed over there to make it to the store just before closing, and shortly afterwards I returned home with this:
Isn't it pretty? It may look black in the pictures but it's actually a very deep patterned brown. I had my doubts about getting a model with a high gloss finish because it's much more prone to becoming scratchy... but it was the only colour this one was available in, and I wasn't about to go for a completely different model just because of the colour. And now that I actually have it and have gotten a good look at it, I do have to admit it's quite pretty, the way it's all sleek and shiny.
Windows 7 was already pre-installed on it, which I hadn't used before - my old PC was still running Windows XP. That took a bit of getting used to, since various settings were suddenly in different places than I expected them to be and such, but I have to say there's some nice new features as well.
Of course, since it was a clean install and this baby is meant to replace my PC entirely, I had to get all my own stuff onto it. That meant reinstalling all my programs (Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning), reinstalling all my games (Wednesday afternoon) and copying all my files (Wednesday, Thursday AND Friday evening). I managed to semi-break my old PC in the process, so then I had two only-half-working computers for a bit, there... It wasn't the most pleasant of days. But, it's all done, now, and I can start enjoying it!
