Living in a Wireless World

Hey, guess what? I bought a laptop sort of on impulse today. "Sort of" because I really have been craving for a laptop for the past year to be well... mobile, I guess. The oafs at work won't give me one even if I've been requesting for one since time immemorial. And the royal suck up who's supposed to follow it up with the big bosses keeps on making it a power trip. Crap.

Anyway, bottom line is that I have a notebook now. I got it on 12 months, 0% interest and from what my former boss told me anything with 0% is a good deal. For one thing, you're already using what you bought even if you haven't paid for it yet. For another, res ipsa loquitur. It's zero interest! What else can I say?

I wanted a VAIO or a Fujitsu or a DELL Latitude X1 really but I still can't afford it. Eventually, I'll probably get a laptop of my choice but right now, I'm quite happy to have this one because for one thing, I really think it's going to save me a lot of headaches. Plus, I can get more fresh air working outside.

It's really a clone. And when I was thinking about whether or not to buy it, I spent some time dwelling on the fact that it's not branded. Did I really care what other people would think? Then again, even when I'm sometimes very brand particular, my utilitarian nature shines through and if it gets the work done, then it gets the work done. If it's going to make my life easier, then that's fine with me. And they call me high maintenance, ha!

Right now, it's got everything I need - 60GB, 512MB ram, 12" screen, DVD/CDRW combo drive, 1.8kg, wireless connectivity and it's in a nice little white package. If you weren't looking closely, you might even mistake it for a lifebook.

Still an all, the prospect of making payments on this one is making me feel giddy. I don't know why but it feels as though someone caught me with my hand in the cookie jar. I just hate buying stuff on credit. Feels good while the card is being swiped and you know that you'll go home with your purchase, but then again it feels much better knowing that you wholly own the thing and that you have no other obligations to third parties.

Anyway, I planned to transfer all my files onto it. But I changed my mind. I don't want pieces of me in my hard drive before I let the techies at the office tinker with it to set it up. Like I said before, I'm a sucker for privacy.