I have a new laptop! Woohoo!

by bebu 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • bebu
    bebu

    Wow, I'm so amazed. I have some friends whom I've helped out a bit, and they have a computer resale business. They generally get a lot of older stuff, so when she told me that she would like to give me a laptop, I was a bit skeptical as I didn't want a big ol' dinosaur.

    It s an HP Omnibook 6000. I've been fixing it up all night, installing stuff. I'm very impressed, even though this is a little older laptop. It has 1 gig processor (a PIII), and tho it has Microsoft Windows 2000 professional, it has been running easily and nearly like the xp on my desk top computer. I don't need bells and whistles like some gamers do; I just like being able to research whatever I want. I like a fast processor, and 1 gig is just fine by me because with broadband this baby is flying.

    Only trouble is that I don't have a manual for this, and I'm curious about what all the odd ports and things are all over it. I'll just have to start researching...

    Alright, sorry to interrupt your conversations. Go 'head and talk amongst yourselves... I just needed to celebrate a little!

    bebu

  • codeblue
    codeblue

    (((Bebu)))

    Congrats on the laptop!!! Hope you are having fun with it!!!

    Hope all is going well for you and your family....

    hugs,

    Codeblue

  • bebu
    bebu

    Thanks, codeblue!!

    It's fun.

    By the way, I hope your wretched virus is ancient history by now. Is it? Did you want to plan a visit at all?

    pm me if it's a good idea sometime this month...

    bebu

  • Ticker
    Ticker

    Congrats A new puter is always Awsome!

    Ticker

  • magoo
  • stillAwitness
    stillAwitness

    Good for you! I bought myself a Balance Notebook computer off walmart.com 2 months ago.

    It a generic brand, its not as light as the Apple but it only cost me $550

    But good for you. I know the feeling of having a laptop on your lap as you sip your morning coffee.

  • bebu
    bebu

    Thanks, magoo, for that link! I was trying to open that very same one up yesterday on my desktop, but I kept having trouble with the site... it kept freezing up. Today it's working good and that site is very helpful.

    Stillawitness, lol, I guess I'll start having to explore "laptop" culture, a subset of the whole computer culture I am now in. I've got a router but it's not wireless, so at least for now I've got the laptop on my desk next to the big ol' desktop monitor. I keep using the wrong keyboard/keypad, as I'm using both at the same time right now.

    My son is already begging to have it.

    but it ain't gonna happen.

    bebu

  • TD
    TD

    Good for you Bebu! One random thing I like about laptops in the winter is they're warm!

  • hubert
    hubert

    So you got yourself a "Christmas present" ! Have fun with it, Bebu.

    Me, I can (just about) handle one puter at a time. Hee, hee.

    Hubert

  • bebu
    bebu

    I just imported my Favorites folder from the main computer via my Olympus digital camera's drive. Now I'm REALLY satisfied, cuz all my stuff's here now... I just gotta get used to working with the little touch pad (it kind of drives me crazy).

    bebu

    ( waving at hubert: Hi Hubert! Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year! )

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