My notebook

is a toshiba satelite A100 with the following specs;
Processor: Core Duo T2300, 1.86GHz
RAM: 512MB
Hard drive: 80GB
DVD: DVD DL super multidrive (+/-/RAM)
Video card: ATI Radeon X1300 64MB
Networking: 10/100 NIC, integrated 802.11 a/b/g
modem: internal 56kbps V.90
connections: 4xUSB 2.0, IEEE 1394, VGA out, S-video, PCMCIA, 5 in 1 card reader, iR, bluetooth, fingerprint reader
Speakers: Harmon Kardon
OS: Windows XP home
monitor: 15.4" TFT
software: 3mth norton antivirus, office student edition
3yr warranty


the fingerprint scanner is frivolous and fun. I still have to buy a good bag and a mouse - I may get a cordless optical one...or a blue tooth one. That way I can play with the bluetooth stuff.

lecture virgin no more

I have given my first lecture for microbiology. DNA replication in bacteria in review. It only lasted 30 minutes, but this is good as it was supposed to be the shortest lecture of the series. The students appeared to be paying attention and I got several down the front afterwards.

I'm about to go off and give the second lecture; Protein synthesis. I'll be using my own laptop this time. More about the new laptop later...when I have time to drool and don't need to be over at the maths physics building.

and the race is on

After a month of stuffing round getting no thesis work done. I bit the bullet and wrote my last chapter on Monday...in one day. I could be a month more advanced than I am if I'd written it in one day a month ago-sigh. Now to formatting

avoiding work...the purpose of this blog

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I wanna MacBook Pro

Having read the specs and how (quite simply apparently) to run XP on it so I can actually use it at mac averse JCU...I really really like this laptop.
What I do not like is the price. ~$3200
Way beyond my price range. I was getting all whiny at the thought that what I wanted might mean I had to go over two grand. I'd really like to pay less than $1600. Perhaps I can buy 1/2 a MacBook Pro.

Specs I want;
duel core Intel M processor (2gHz)
677MHz, though I'd live with 577
min 512Mb Ram (pref 1G)
Wifi
DVD duel layer Burner
lots of USB ports

Theres more, but that'll do right now

what do you mean there's no computer in the lecture theatre!

I'm looking to buy a laptop this year.
The buy just got urgent as I have found out the lecture theatre I'm supposed to lecture in does not have a computer in it!!!!! Just the peripherals like the data projector (and overhead projector probably). So, if I want to give a lecture using powerpoint rather than old OHTs, I must provide my own computer.

So what should I be looking for?

I think I'd like it to be reasonably fast. Powerpoints can run really slow on the older desktops if you use images (I do)...so maybe I should avoid celeron processors. I'll also probably store scanned photos on it for my family history stuff. I'm unlikely to game on it though.

Any suggestions from the notebook literate?