No more wimpy DSL for me..

When I went to go buy a new laptop (current one is running at 366Mhz..) the other day, the store happened to have a special going on where you can get a hundred bucks of the laptop, plus 3 months free of internet connection and 2 months free for the provider fees. Why it is set to 2 and 3 months is a bit beyond me but... Anyways, since the laptop I got was expensive enough (Fujitsu Biblo MG75J) I thought this would be a good time to upgrade to fibre optics as the setup fee is free too. What more can you ask for really? So poo on all you DSL people out there, I'm moving to the next dimension :p

So in about a month or so I'm assuming that I'll be racing along the internet at an even more insane speed than I am now which is all cool I guess. I wonder how much of a dif it really is... If my FCS apps speed up I'll be truly happy :D (and iTunes stops cutting out when I'm listening to the radio..)

The laptop itself is super nice. Pentium 1.7M processor with a gig of ram (upgraded to 1 gig from 512MB), built in wireless, removable cd/dvd drive to stick in a battery if I want, even though the thing does run for a good 4 to 4 and half hours already. To top it all off, it's less than 2 kilos and small but not too small which fits great in my new laptop bag. I figure if my current laptop at 366Mhz lasted me so long I might as well splurge a bit and get something good that is going to last me just as long. As long as I don't drop it in the ocean or gets stolen or something... that would truly suck.

If I had to complain though I would have to say that manufacturers put in WAY too much crap software. I'm talking serious garbage.. it's insanve really. Stuff like little banners that are constantly blinking all over your desktop, the programs entry in the start menu is so full that it doesn't even fit on one screen. I actually ended up doing a recovery of the computer just so I could go back and not click that "You must click this!" icon. Plus it was formatted at 50 and 10Gig drives for one hard drive.. I guess it's just a matter of preference but I definitely wanted more than 10gigs on my "secondary" D drive. So a change to the partitions was definitely called for there.