So today I was greeted to the morning by a whole host of problems…but my new laptop arrived! I must say I’m very happy with it. I went for a Dell…and before all the complaining starts, I was sceptical of them (due to bad reports on the interwebz) but now that I have one I am happy (until it breaks, of course, lol!). It’s an XPS M1530 and here’s the spec I have in my beast!!!!
- CPU: Core 2 Duo T9300 2.50 GHz, 800MHz, 6MB L2 Cache (really fast!!)
- RAM: Dual Channel 4.0GB (2×2048) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (lots of memory!!)
- Display: 15.4″ WXGA+ Widescreen (1440×900) TFT with Truelife (extra resolution for displaying the pretty pictures!!)
- Hard Drive: 320GB SATA (5400rpm) (BIG for storing all my stuff!!)
- Graphics Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT (for even BETTER pretty pictures!!)
- Wireless: Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-PCI Card (for haxoring the free WiFi from FURTHER than before!!)
- Optical Drive: 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive (to make the discs loads look cooler!!)
- Other Bits: 2.0mp camera, dual built-in microphones, dual headphone sockets, Media Remote (fits into ExpressCard slot), Fingerprint Reader Biometric
So, it’s a LOT better than my previous laptop. CPU is over twice as fast, RAM is 3 times bigger, graphics is twice as big and hard drive is 8 times bigger!! (Just to name a few differences!) But my main interest with this new laptop is it’s my first real experience with Vista. So much so, that I’ve decided to be uber-geeky and install not 1, not 2…but 3 operating systems on it. Why you may ask…because I can! 
The current mission (in-progress) is to have Ubuntu (7.10), Windows XP Pro SP2 and Windows Vista Ultimate all triple booting from the same boot menu…and then I’ll be happy! Sounds easy…you bet your ass it’s not! I’m following a few tutorials here and here, so hopefully I’ll have a decent result by the end!
As usual, I’ll keep you updated, and any comments are appreciated!
Soupy
