A New Member

April 20, 2008 2 Comments

 

I have been naughty (again) this weekend. Just flew back from HK and I have already engrossed myself in some sinful spending. My 3-year VIAO is dying on me (due to 24/7 of endless over-heating downloading). Last night, I cannot endure the slow and painful uploading of blog and photos (trust me, it is slow – I have to wait like 2min for my explorer to open!). I went to the IT Mall and bought a new HP Desktop – my 1st desktop since 2002.

It was a mental struggle choosing between a iMAC and HP. And it got worse when I tried to setup the computer last night. After opening up the box, I had this evil thought of returning it back to HP. It is true – Once you have Mac, you can never turn back. There are just too many wires, instructions, parts to get a desktop running. I stared at the open box… with the intention to seal it back. I called for a vote (including Elkan, Felicia and Tracy). In the end, all of them (except Elkan who said "I dun know") voted for the HP – simply because they both detest the reality that we need to carry back the 10kg box back to the shop.

What’s comforting is the 256mb graphic board, 320G hard-disk and all the wireless devices. There are existing card reader on the tower. And best of all, I had a 22-inch 90-degree adjustable screen (wide or tall). It is really a compact mini tower with "LightScribe" DVD-rom. I can "print" texts and graphics on the DVD surface – I wondered if this is an old technology. It impressed all 3 of us (laptop users). And most of all, it is affordable at less than S$1,500 – so it kinda make me less "guilty" of my disgusting spending habit. Sigh…still this morning, my heart told me to go for the iMAC. 

Of course, there are setbacks – This PC is bought in China and it comes bundled with Chinese OS – meaning, it is all in Chinese! Not just it is Chinese, it is running on the new VISTA – that I have no idea how they place my old icons. Exploring Chinese Vista can be fun – cos I wonder why Microsoft calls "My Computer" as "计算机" or Recycle Bin as "回收站". I have to take 200% more time, more effort to figure out. And yes, VISTA – you just waste too much resources trying to mimic "you-know-who".

Having nagged all these, it was still a good decision. HP monitor is brilliant, sharp and rich. And I can finally write my blog smoothly without the hangs and pre-mature shutdowns on my dying VAIO. 

Just hope my new home has space for this new big member.

p.s. (Yeah! I can play my Civilisation IV game finally!)

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2 Responses to A New Member

  1. Unknown's avatar Big says:
    April 26, 2008 at 9:04 am

    Yes Duke…mine comes with the DVD write..and it can kinda burn label/text directly on the DVD… It is call "LightScribe"… very light…like 20% black. But it is useful. Finally, no more ugly marker handwriting on my DVD.

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  2. Unknown's avatar Duuk says:
    April 22, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Hey! You had just bought the same PC as my Boss!!! (Got it in Feb) I love it too! The image are sharp! Btw, does your PC come with a DVD writer?

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