I got a new toy today:
It’s a Toshiba Satellite M115-S3094. Cost me 600 bucks, 150 cheaper than at the regular price. I got to Best Buy this morning right as they opened, and felt sort of numb: About fifty people were lined up outside. I thought to myself, Shit, and glumly strode up to the entrance. People were going in, though. People other than those in line. Turned out my neighborhood electronics superstore had just gotten in a batch of Wiis, and that’s why people were lined up. Several long, tense moments later (There were a few people in front of me, also purchasing laptops; I thought I might have to murder a very nice lady who was torn between the laptop I was after and a different, cheaper Compaq) I strolled out, a brand new piece of hardware I didn’t really need clutched under one arm and a shit-eating grin on my face. Good times.
For those who care, here are some of the basic specs:
- Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2050
- DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive
- 14.1″ widescreen
- 80GB hard drive
- 512MB PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM
- 5-in-1 bridge media adapter
Since this isn’t my primary computer, I didn’t really want a 15″ screen. I wanted something a little smaller, a little more portable. I missed this one on sale a few weeks back, and was fucking excited to see it in today’s ad. What amazes me is, compared to my other, four-year-old lappytop, just how much goddamn lighter this one is. I love it.
JAB
our lappy’s are like cousins. Glorificus is happy to have someone to play with.
I know you said your old laptop isn’t working. That automatically makes this a needed investment. You’re a writer. You need one for sitting in coffee shops.
Explain to me why you didn’t stand in line for the Wii and instead bought a laptop with no exciting motion-sensor controller technology, no Zelda, no Wii Sports…actually, nothing at all but a prominent word processor.
Wait, that explains it.
remember . . . oh four and half years ago when such toys where in that oh so expensive realm that it seemed like we’d never be able to acheive (at least in a time frame we’d have preferred)? Kinda weird being almost grown-up, eh?
I know what you mean, dude. Even though I make more money now, I’m still in that sort of weird, nebulous zone between post-college student and adult. I figure once I’ve moved out, I’ll be there. But it’s very nice to be able to make a large purchase like this and not make me feel like I’m yanking out my own tooth.
JAB