Sunday, August 9, 2009

It has (finally) arrived!


It took a while. Several consultations with friends and IT gurus (better a PC or a Mac? better a 2.1GHz 800MHz FSB or a 2.0GHz 1600MHz FSB processor? better a 320GB 7200RPM or a 500GB 5400RPM hard-drive? better more RAM or more memory???). And then several nights spent on internet learning on technical details, comparing different models and brands, reading customers' reviews, searching for special offers... Then the final choice and the long wait: six business days for custumizing it, five business days for shipping it (purchased in the US, shipped from China)...

But finally, yesterday evening, here it was, waiting for me at the reception, my new 'baby' (even if Mathilde prohibited me to call it like this), my new companion, my new toy, which replaces my old Acer (contingent 2003) who well served for almost six years - particularly during the times at LSE, but that with his 19GB memory has sadly become obsolete, passed by faster and more “spacious” models…

Sad is life. Au revoir Acer Aspire 1600, and welcome HP Pavillion!

10 comments:

  1. ricordati che i primi giochi li hai fatti su un Commodore 64.

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  2. bello... non fartelo rubare e soprattutto salva le foto e i documenti anche altrove... anche i migliori pc ci lasciano alla canna del gas quando meno ce lo aspettiamo!

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  3. PS alla fine come mai niente mac?
    ky

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  4. storia lunga, ma uno dei fattori discrimonanti e' stato il costo... ma il mac rimane li tra i sogni nel cassetto, magari tra qualche natale...

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  5. porc... gia' mi da problemi: devo cambiare la scheda per la connessione wireless!

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  6. la tecnologia più avanzata non si distingue per nulla dalla magia... ed è assolutamente fuori controllo!
    ky

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  7. oppure era solo una scusa per farsi regalare il mac a natale?...
    ky

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  8. yay, I feel like a proud aunt ;)

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  9. maybe the commodore 64 was more reliable !!!!!

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