I’ve made a decision…

Well… if you know me, you knew it was coming. Having visited Carly over the weekend, an hours’ drive from here, I was able to relax; reconsidering some recent ponderings, and I realised a few things. While I know I will be tempted, when I have my new toy, to whip it out and use it whenever possible (including when I shouldn’t be); I realised that having it enabled me to at least have the choice of when I wanted to use it.

I decided in the end that I wanted, and maybe even needed, to buy a laptop, to give myself a choice of where and when I was going to do my computing. My desktop system will not be less useful, as it’s still a gaming powerhouse compared to the midrange laptop I’ve bought. It’s just that from now on, my desktop system will probably see a little less use. Though, when I’m at home, it’ll be put to use mostly as a completely overpowered mp3 player, as I can’t go too long without my speakers.

Anyway, what I ended up purchasing was the Dell system mentioned previously, with a few upgrades. It’s a Core 2 Duo 2Ghz with 2Gb RAM, the upgraded 160Gb 7200RPM drive, and the 1280×800 upgraded WLED-lit screen. It includes a fingerprint reader, Vista Home Premium (with Aero OMFG! and a bunch of bloatware), slot-load DVD(+-*%/?)RW, cool touch-sensitive media buttons, and other things I’m sure I’ll find useful (or not). All up it’s costing $1523.06 exactly, which I think its a pretty damn good price.

Having Windows and bloatware is no problem. I’m going to format the drive and kill anything on there before I do use it; maybe I’ll sell the Vista licence key to recoup some costs. Anyone interested? What’s Vista Home Premium (with Aero OMFG!) going for, retail, these days? You can buy it from me at 75% of the sticker price.

Anyway, now that I’ve taken the plunge, I eagerly await the arrival of my new toy.