But it’s fun, and I can make fun things like scarves and hats and notebook sleeves.
My sleeve is less than perfect, as you can see. It fits the Vaio perfectly, and is thick enough to add some shock protection. All I need to do is figure out what kind of closure I’d like for it. Maybe a fancy button or a buckle.
Props to the SK Knit club for getting me into this. 
I’m not exactly qualified to provide a proper review of my new Sony Vaio NS notebook. All I can comment on is the ergonomics of it, and to that, I’m pleased. The touchpad mouse buttons clack a bit loudly. The keyboard itself seems solid and comfortable. I’m not even minding the “fabric like texture” so much because I’m digging on having a white notebook. I’ve traipsed around Toronto with it in my backpack, and I didn’t feel too encumbered at all. The battery life with the included standard battery is sort of disappointing. I get about two hours on “Power Savings” setting, with WiFi on.
And this is also my first time using Vista. I was okay with XP, and I’m still getting used to this. I’m not sure if I’ve found any of the new features useful or anything, and the interface is just pretty, but pointless. I guess I prefer what’s familiar and what’s simple (The Mac O/S interface didn’t impress me much either. Don’t tell the boyfriend i said that).
I have been having fun customizing my desktop.
Mmmm. Clean.
The desktop wallpaper “Africa” is by Evilhomer145 from DeviantArt. The icons are from the Bright Icon Suite by Klen70.
This is a neat project of mine. A bunch of us at work (ok, mostly of the female variety), have started a knitting club. I’m making a scarf (yay for simple!) and got it into my head to make a laptop sleeve. It’s coming along… I’m out of yarn though.
And why yes, I did post a picture of my Vaio with a bowl of kimchi ramen.
In the end, my desire for mobility took over all senses, yet my need for economy fought a valiant battle. Desire and frugality came to a little bit of a compromise. I didn’t get the laptop of my dreams. I didn’t replace my HP Pavilion with another Pavilion, though the option was there. I didn’t get a Dell. I didn’t think I could deal with the wait. So I did some more research, visited both Best Buy and Future Shop.
And the winner?
That’s right. I got a Sony Vaio NS model. It’s pretty much what I need, for the moment. And it’s not completely generic, and awful to look at, though I’m not sure about that texture. And Vista… well, we’ll see what the big deal is. I’ve spent all night customizing it and so far, I’m liking it. I may regret not having a decent graphics card, but like i said, I don’t need it to game. I just need to be able to carry it around without it being a pain in the ass. Having said that, I already don’t like how graphics look here. It’s not awful, but the tech snob in me wishes for more.
It’s not a bad configuration. It’s got a 15.4 LCD monitor and a pretty simple keyboard set up. It’s a lot lighter than my old 17″ HP Pavilion so I’m pleased with that. It’s set up with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @2.00GHZ processor, has 4.00gb of RAM and 250gb or harddrive space. For about $850 + tax at Future Shop, I don’t think I did too badly. There were definitely more sexier laptops, but in the end, I had to look at the bottom line.
So we’ll see how pleased I am in a few weeks time. I’ve spent all night setting my new toy up, I didn’t even get a chance to make dinner. I have a feeling it’ll be a late night anyway.
I like going through Chip Chick, among other more popular gadget blogs for fancy tech gadget wishing, just because of the girl factor. Lately I’ve been perusing more, just because I think my stable of electronic equipment probably needs additions and upgrades so I can enter the glamourous world of gadget geekdom (or addiction… whatever). I’d like a smartphone, like a Blackberry Pearl. It’d be neat not having to lug around a laptop to read e-mail and news/blog feeds, or send MSNs at Starbucks (which unfortunately is my local café). I still wouldn’t mind a PSP, but that’s a bit too indulgent since the only games i’m interested in for it is Beautiful Katamari and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. And I’d love a digital SLR, like a Canon EOS 1000D. Probably the one thing I need is definitely a new laptop.
Unfortunately, my present laptop, my 17 inch HP Pavilion XD8000, somehow got busted a couple of weeks ago. It’s most likely a graphic card issue, but it’s beyond me. Any attempts to find and reinstall the driver hasn’t gotten very far and i’m already too annoyed just thinking of it. Also, the thing is 10lbs already, not including the clunky AC adapter. This model was introduced in 2005. The battery died a long time ago, and even if I could find a replacement for it, it will be expensive and will still get me an hour tops of unplugged activity. It never lasted that long to begin with. Booting up was slow, and you know how things go… new stuff is better!
