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Mar. 25th, 2008 05:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sebastienneHello, and welcome to today's episode of "You Make Emma's Decisions For Her"!
Today's show is about computers.
Emma's laptop has been undead for over six months now. While it had survived the premature death of its battery, falls from shelves, and even a pint of water poured through the keyboard, it was unable to long endure the scourge of Microsoft, and was dead to XP by September 2007. Reborn into Kubuntu, it was never quite the same; its CD drive never mounted again, and its power supply began to periodically overheat.
And so, in March 2007, Emma decided to think about replacing her laptop.
Option 1
Straight-up replacement. Something cheap and Microsofty, like the Acer 2920z - 12.1" screen, Vista, £449.
Option 2
A beautiful, beautiful Macbook. I've heard nothing but praise, for these babies; and bought from the uni network I get it cheaper, and with a super-great 3-year warranty. Apple are notoriously good at customer service, and this essentially means a *guaranteed* laptop for three years. Won't be more than £700.
Option 3
As I'm clearly willing to spend £700 (do I have £700? let's consider this point later, eh..), why compromise? I need portability for uni in London, and for net surfing in any room of the home; I also want a decent screen for watching films, maybe even a good enough graphics card to play games. These two sets of wants are pretty incompatible; why not get a random Vista desktop (<£400) and a pretty little eeepc (<£300)? Cheaper than a macbook and much more functionality!
Sure, I'll have to shell out for a computer desk next year, and desktops are much harder to move house with, and I'm sick of Microsfot, and I'm lusting after a Macbook..
Your call, lazyweb! Make my decisions for me, or at least give me advice.
Off to watch Colour of Magic now! Yes, the whole David Jason thing is a bit of a travesty (do you know who does a great Rincewind? Rob Morgan.), but as the cast list also includes Sean Astin, Nigel Planer, Tim Curry, and Jeremy Irons as Vetinari, I'm going to give the thing a chance.
Today's show is about computers.
Emma's laptop has been undead for over six months now. While it had survived the premature death of its battery, falls from shelves, and even a pint of water poured through the keyboard, it was unable to long endure the scourge of Microsoft, and was dead to XP by September 2007. Reborn into Kubuntu, it was never quite the same; its CD drive never mounted again, and its power supply began to periodically overheat.
And so, in March 2007, Emma decided to think about replacing her laptop.
Option 1
Straight-up replacement. Something cheap and Microsofty, like the Acer 2920z - 12.1" screen, Vista, £449.
Option 2
A beautiful, beautiful Macbook. I've heard nothing but praise, for these babies; and bought from the uni network I get it cheaper, and with a super-great 3-year warranty. Apple are notoriously good at customer service, and this essentially means a *guaranteed* laptop for three years. Won't be more than £700.
Option 3
As I'm clearly willing to spend £700 (do I have £700? let's consider this point later, eh..), why compromise? I need portability for uni in London, and for net surfing in any room of the home; I also want a decent screen for watching films, maybe even a good enough graphics card to play games. These two sets of wants are pretty incompatible; why not get a random Vista desktop (<£400) and a pretty little eeepc (<£300)? Cheaper than a macbook and much more functionality!
Sure, I'll have to shell out for a computer desk next year, and desktops are much harder to move house with, and I'm sick of Microsfot, and I'm lusting after a Macbook..
Your call, lazyweb! Make my decisions for me, or at least give me advice.
Off to watch Colour of Magic now! Yes, the whole David Jason thing is a bit of a travesty (do you know who does a great Rincewind? Rob Morgan.), but as the cast list also includes Sean Astin, Nigel Planer, Tim Curry, and Jeremy Irons as Vetinari, I'm going to give the thing a chance.
