Jun
14
So. Refresh, refresh, refresh.
The roommate was home, so I was continually checking in with him. He kept telling me that the UPS guy doesn’t get there until 3:30 or 4pm, and that he had not in fact arrived yet. So, I left work early to go home and wait (or go home and not wait).
Jun
13
6:15 A.M. It left the Pontiac facility this morning. UPS stuff usually gets to my apartment around 3:30 or 4.
Now I refresh the UPS tracking page. Over and over.
Jun
12
So much for June 23rd. I guess Dell goes by the expect-the-worst-and-you’ll-always-get-what-you-expected-or-better philosophy, except from the view point of make-them-expect-the-worst-and-then-you’ll-look-great-when-you-give-them-better.
Either way, my laptop shipped yesterday and is expected to be here on the 14th! (Yay!)
Jun
08
This is… The Dell Inspiron 700M.
Inspiron 700m
Intel Pentium M Processor 725 (1.60 GHz/400MHz FSB)12.1-in WXGA
Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,680.00Intel Pentium M Processor 725 (1.60 GHz/400MHz FSB)12.1-in WXGA
Jun
08
I was sitting around this morning feeling sorry for myself because it was looking like it would be a very long time before I would be able to buy a laptop, if it was going to happen at all. I was talking to Ken about my research and such, and how I couldn’t find what I wanted. He asked about whether the coupon was still any good. I told him it didn’t matter because they upped the minimum options and the price wasn’t worth it.
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Jun
07
I spent most of today researching laptops. After the options I had available to me, I’ve become picky. I want a widescreen with a high resolution (1280×800+), and I want a 12.1″ or 13.3″. (I didn’t even know 13.3″ laptops existed, but evidently they do, but I have yet to see any widescreen, and I’ve really only seen two or three total at all.) I did the calculations and decided that a 15.1″ was too big. I happened to have a text book sitting on my desk that was exactly the same size as the FujiP series and decided it was just too tiny. 12.1″ widescreens are evidently new to the market and are subsequently extremely rare. I tenatively upped my budget to ~1500$, and still found nothing satisfactory.
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