Well, new laptop is here

Seems a little heavier than I was hoping, but I guess it will do. I called it 'Trebuchet' for the 1/2 of you that were curious. The name was actually suggested by M (I was originally thinking of Spatha) and the name struck me as hugely appropriate. "A device that takes a large amount of worthless material and moves it a great distance." (Inside joke, to be explained in a few weeks)

Now for the rant. Why are PC laptops so horrid looking and heavy compared to Powerbooks? Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Mac fanboy (I think), but this new laptop (Dell 6000 if you're curious) seems thick, heavy and covered in wierd ratchety air ducts and knobs compared to the
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# re: Well, new laptop is here

left by Anonymous at 10/27/2005 6:55 AM Gravatar
I've had surgery on my Inspiron 8200 several times, and each time I was amazed by the engineering "genius" of Dell. These things are so fragile by design.

I own an iBook, but I'm not a huge Mac enthusiast. I gotta hand it to Apple---their hardware is da bomb. Dell could sure learn a thing or two.
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