New Toy

Over the weekend I picked up a new notebook computer, an Acer Aspire 5610Z. I’ve been planning to use my federal tax refund to replace my ageing Dell Inspiron 5100, the refund is scheduled for deposit this week but I couldn’t pass up the deal I came across on this Acer. I bought the 2328 configuration which includes a 1.6Ghz Pentium Core Duo processor, 1GB 533mhz DDR2 ram, 120GB HDD, CD/DVD RW, 15.4″ WXGA WS display, and it’s pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium.

I was surprised because the Dell Latitude I was eyeing had half the jazz and it cost quite a bit more. I mean this thing is fully loaded, it even has a built-in web cam and media card reader, all for under $800 at a local retailer. I normally give my machines a name when I buy or build them, mainly for network identification purposes. My desktop is “Riken”, file server is “Minibellum” and my Inspiron 5100 was named “DeepBlue”. The names are normally derived off names of famous super computers… However the new Aspire is so sexy I may just keep the name at just that ‘Aspire’.

I’ll look forward to making many posts from Aspire, check back soon for a more detailed review.