New Toy, oh-oh-oh!

[llcoolvad]

I'm on vacation all week, but I decided to give up a couple of hours of my free time today to get my new work laptop. To get the new one I had to turn in the old one and wait a bunch of hours, then drive back and get the new one. Worth it! Shiny! The new laptop is a ThinkPad T-61, which is pretty awesome. Widescreen, lots more RAM, bigger HD, wifi seems more stable. Whee!

I spent the last couple of weeks idly making files more organized and moving most things to my external hard drive anyway, so the move itself was fairly painless — I finished cleaning off the old laptop last night. I never leave that stuff to my IT department.

I've already got a bunch of extra apps installed and I'm most amused by the Google desktop gadgets. I have a few more applications to install, but overall this day is filled with win! Shiny pretty win!

Comments

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

The only thing better than shiny new gadgets are shiny new gadgets you don't have to pay for (-:

[superplin.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Before I switched to Macs, my last two computers were ThinkPads, and I loved them.

Plus, a new computer always feels so full of hope and promise... (not to mention, shiny!).

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

hmmm.... how come you didn't get the tablet? you DO know we ARE getting the tablets... right?

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Oh absolutely. In fact, the shiny laptop is one of the best perks of this job. I wouldn't buy myself a laptop (1. cheap, 2. break things a lot) but I sure appreciate them hugely!

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my last work-issued laptop was also a ThinkPad (a T41 I think) and I loved it a lot. Good battery life, keys that made sense, skinny profile, etc. Good!

And yes...I think that's just it. A chance to leave behind the old and bring on the new.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

No, Design is getting T61s. No tablets here. Maybe you lofty consultant-types are getting tablets. Hopefully they'll stall the Vista/Office 2007 installs for a while, too.

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

well... I think at least marketspace is in line for a tablet... I think. or maybe it's just my group.

Well, I think they probably won't instal vista for a while... but who knows