If anyone's been reading lately, you will Have noticed that my current implement for entertaining you guys is my new netbook, specifically, it is a Medion Akoya E1222, and it is a thing of beauty. It's more powerful than my 2 and a half year laptop, (RIP) and is a very exciting bit of kit, just typing on the thing gives me a sense of excitement. For a start, it's tiny. It has a ten inch screen, which may sound like a downgrade, but goddamn, everything looks so clear and intense, and the brightness of the thing burns my eyes when it catches me off guard, it's like seeing the love of your life for the first time, or something equally awesome.
Now, the small size has the odd drawback, for example, the first few hours had me wrestling with the keyboard like nobody's but after playing with it for a few days, I'm now seeing how it all fits together, the battery of the machine sticks out the back directly down, at first I was very put off by this, but the raised effect it gives makes typing a veritable joy, as well as that the keys are nicely spaced, and feel squishy while still giving just the right amount of feedback. It's wonderful.
And hey, I don't immediately hate windows 7 as I (rightfully) did windows vista, in fact, I find it a much smoother OS for basic needs, although if the time ever comes that I start needing to do urgent maintenance, I will be moving straight back to Ubuntu.
So yes, netbooks are awesome, and I look forward to whipping it out on the bus to london this weekend for the ben and jerry's festival, which should be jolly good fun.
Tomorrows update will focus on most likely my recent shopping for video games on an extreme budget, as well as the universe's manliest, and possibly the universe's first ever wii peripheral which doesnt suck, and actually adds something to the games it's designed for. I totally bought a wii peripheral. For real. Get excited.
-Quiff
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