New laptop!
Woohoo, I have a new laptop.
Previously boasting a Dell Latitiude 400MHz baby, this is a bit of a step up. HP Pavilion 2.4GHz Pentium 4. Although it's about twice the size!
Seems ok, I've got SuSE 9.1 installed on it and running fine (I think). I have just discovered that the rat pad is in the wrong place and I keep hitting it when typing... Ah ha, but there is a button to turn it off, problem solved.
Why did I go buy a new laptop? Why indeed... I leant my laptop to my friend who is at college. I soon realised that I want another one. Plus my 400MHz really wasn't great for power hungry things. This is basically a portable computer. I wouldn't really want this one on my lap, and it is insanely powerful and has a full size keyboard - which is nice.
My same friend requires an Apple Mac for her course, so she bought an iBook (grrr, they are so nice). So I bought something that could give it a run for it's money. Then another friend goes and buys an identical spec'ed (but probably physically smaller) laptop for £200 cheaper... Ah what fun it will be.
I'm just trying out SuSE 9.1 as a main operating system now. I have never used SuSE with a GUI before, only with a console. Seems quite nice.
Previously boasting a Dell Latitiude 400MHz baby, this is a bit of a step up. HP Pavilion 2.4GHz Pentium 4. Although it's about twice the size!
Seems ok, I've got SuSE 9.1 installed on it and running fine (I think). I have just discovered that the rat pad is in the wrong place and I keep hitting it when typing... Ah ha, but there is a button to turn it off, problem solved.
Why did I go buy a new laptop? Why indeed... I leant my laptop to my friend who is at college. I soon realised that I want another one. Plus my 400MHz really wasn't great for power hungry things. This is basically a portable computer. I wouldn't really want this one on my lap, and it is insanely powerful and has a full size keyboard - which is nice.
My same friend requires an Apple Mac for her course, so she bought an iBook (grrr, they are so nice). So I bought something that could give it a run for it's money. Then another friend goes and buys an identical spec'ed (but probably physically smaller) laptop for £200 cheaper... Ah what fun it will be.
I'm just trying out SuSE 9.1 as a main operating system now. I have never used SuSE with a GUI before, only with a console. Seems quite nice.