Another toy for the kid in me... but not a toy, really...

I’ve just got a laptop… guess, you can call this another new toy for the boys, but not a toy, really.

 

It’s more like an all in one package where I can still continue studying for what I do for a living; (being in the IT field, requires you to keep abreast with technology developments) I usually keep tabs thru the MSDN, CodeProject, CodePlex… I can list a lot of IT resource sites hehehe ;) … you catch the drift here…

 

I am just hoping to still be able to continue studying - continuous learning, I believe is the catch phrase on IT related things... if not for the curiosity, then just to be able to keep the edge and at least still be able to keep abreast with technology’s evolutions. Since there are things that I may/would not be able to work on at the office (you know… constraints on resources, legacy systems and all… plain red-tape, if I may say so), at least with my little lappie, I can still continue and keep on learning… (now, this is a wish list… but I’d like to keep this a reality)

 

It’s also an entertainment package for us (me and Famela) whenever we get bored; (just grab a DVD… play… wham… we’re watching a movie already) well, all work and no play makes for a dull life so we have to loosen up every once in awhile. So, this is what we do… we sometimes watch movies. In the absence of DVD’s, we stream movies; either from YouTube or from Watch-Movies.net. If we’re up to watching just about anything, then YouTube is the choice… but if we want to watch a movie, then Watch-Movies.net is the one (you just have to choose, coz sometimes you may end up watching the pirated ones but there are some that are clear, like genuine.

 

Sometimes, watching (streaming) movies would come to a bore… so, we sometimes just opt to read… News, Magazine, Techs and Toys for boys, Showbiz (hmm not to mention Philippine showbiz buzz, Famela’s favorite), Sports (Tennis mostly :D you may call me an addict to this hehehe a student of the game)… and this… posting a blog, blogging gives me a medium to vent out the aspiring writer (ahem J) in me. I blog just about anything that I can think of… what I am able to accomplish at the end of the day, what I am able to observe on a day to day basis, what I  dream of… blogging provides a means to keep things in perspective and it does help in a way or two….

 

So this is what I got this lappie for… learning, entertainment, development, hobby package for us… not bad for a piece that I got from an the I.T. Expo last March 7^th… This is a modest machine, a Core Duo @ 1.86Ghz, 3 GB RAM (I got the extra 1GB for a freebie a 120 GB HHD, WiFi… nothing fancy really, HP’s website features this as a entry/mid level mobility machine; the battery is a bit of a limitation though (2hrs) max… I’m gonna be looking for an extended life battery, at least 4 hrs. max, that should be good enough..