Well, I’m doing my part to “stimulate” the economy. I just received my new laptop today. I decided to go with something a tad lighter this time. I read some great reviews for the Lenovo Y650 series. I’ve never owned a Lenovo. [1]IBM sold them their laptop division a few years back. I can tell you this sucker is super slim & light. I lost an inch of screen real estate but so far I’m not missing it!
It also arrived a day early so I got a nice surprise this morning. heh heh I noticed right off how small the box was and was a bit confused thinking I must have ordered something else and just forgotten.
I’m definitely impressed so far. True to its description it has a very slim profile. My laptop bag feels almost empty now when I’m carrying it. lol Even better, I get a free upgrade to the full version of Windows 7 when it comes out later this year! I think I mentioned I have the beta version on win7 on my old lappie right now. I’ve gotten a little spoiled actually. Win7 is all the things Vista should have been, IMHO. I highly recommend upgrading when you can.
Oh and I switched to a 64-bit OS. The reason being the 64-bit version doesn’t have the memory cap on RAM like the 32-bit version does.
The old Dell lappie is still in excellent shape. I haven’t decided if I want to sell it or not. TFA expressed an interest so we’ll see. I’m currently transferring stuff from it to the new one. I’ve had a NAS for years now and am getting better and better at using it as my primary storage. Makes things a lot easier when transferring files.
Anyway, so far I’m loving the new one. Hopefully, it will stay that way.
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Wow! Great news for you. I had a comment on my post today that said they could "see your Obama Stimulus package"….but I think they meant something else. Hehehe.e
Isn't getting a new electronic toy fun? I know when my iMac arrived I couldn't set it up fast enough! Too bad my iBook totally crashed and I couldn't transfer any of my old files.
I know of a fellow blogger whose Dell "brick" has died. Send me an email and I'll give you the details. I know she would love to find a replacement at a decent price.
A new cool toy!
You didn't get a Mac?
@matthew ~ I'm not a hater but don't much care for the MAC. Stevie likes to be entirely too proprietary for my tastes. I actually considered getting a 17" Macbook and then just running windows on it.
Yeah I'm all for Windows 7 I have beta on my laptop and have it dual booted on my main desktop as well. Yeah anyone that has over 3 gigs of RAM should have a 64 Bit OS. So one can fully utilize all the memory. I have Win 7 64 bit beta on the Quad Core, 4 Gig Mem. Desktop I built. Works great. But I only have 32 bit XP Home on earlier OS Boot. I didn't have 64 bit XP laying around =
Lenovo isn't bad, They've usually been the business class computer. Only thing I don't like about new laptops and PC's is all the unnecessary junk they put on them. Great about the free upgrade to Windows 7. The way it's looking now Vista users will have to pay a small fee to upgrade. XP Home/Pro users might have to clean install Win7 OS, no upgrade option. Full version will be salty on price.