Well, I’m typing this entry from my brand new notebook computer. Earlier today I became the owner of a Hewlett-Packard zd8225ca Media Center notebook. Let me tell you – this thing ROCKS! First off, it’s got a 17″ widescreen display running @ 1440×900. Under the hood it’s a P4 3.2GHz CPU, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 100GB HDD, 8x DVD+/-R w/Lightscribe, and a 128MB ATI x600 Radeon Mobility graphics card! w00t! Oh, and the COOLEST part of it? It has a separate number pad built right into the laptop!
I was originally planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 9300 but when they would only give us 21.99% interest I passed. I was then going to buy it outright until I saw the HP. The specs were virtually identical with the following differences: the Dell was a 1920×1280 (or something like that) display. However, in the trade off for that, my HP comes with a USB dual-TV tuner card that will let me use it as a PVR since it has XP Media Center (instead of XP Home – what Dell ships with unless you upgrade).
So, one day in I’ve managed to pretty much get the computer setup the way that I want it. There’s still a few more things I need to do to fully get it setup but I’ve got lots of time for that. Needless to say, this machine will become my daily machine with only the periodic trip into the computer room to fire up Psyduck. Togepi2 will be getting most of the play!
Oh yeah – in other news – no baby yet. It’s probably going to be soon. Nikki’s convinced it’s going to happen Wednesday, on her birthday. (She’s old – 29) I don’t think it will. It probably won’t happen until after the due date. The kid seems hell bent on torturing me by not letting me feel him move so I don’t see why he wouldn’t torture her too…
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