finally, my first laptop!

Brain Drop · 04-29-2003, 12:51 AM

for so many years i have waited and now i have one!!! lets crack open the beer and celebrate.while i put slackware on it i am thinking.

qanopus · 04-29-2003, 05:29 AM

He man, congratulations. What are the specs of the babe?

neenee · 04-29-2003, 05:55 AM

congrats

Brain Drop · 04-29-2003, 08:34 AM

thanks, yeah im still so giddy about the whole thing. ive never been able to afford one and now i still cant but it was my aniversary and my wife got me one so cool. its an hp xt118, basically a celeron 1.6 with 256 ddr and 30 gig drive so its not like top of the line but for me it is all that i need and then some more. (it beats my desktop actually)
oh and the place i got it from gets me some good deals cause i know the guy so i paid $600 for it and that makes it a little nicer too.

bubba169 · 04-29-2003, 09:33 AM

Congrats dude I been wanting one for quite a while also just haven't been able to work it into the budget yet. Maybe someday. Anyways sounds like you got a good deal now to Slackware it.

Bubba169

nakkaya · 04-29-2003, 11:45 AM

congrats is it a inspiron

if yes i got the same one

Brain Drop · 04-29-2003, 01:10 PM

no its a pavillion, looks like its a lower end of the line maybe since it has the spot and the light where built in wireless would go if it had it.
pretty lights though
and shiny buttons

Pcghost · 04-29-2003, 02:12 PM

I got the ze 4230 and I love it. The pavilion laptop series seems really linux friendly to me. I got RH 9 up and smokin in no time flat. Every piece of hardware in this machine works like a champ, even the conexant winmodem.. Congrats and have fun..

Crashed_Again · 04-29-2003, 02:14 PM

Cool. Same specs as my Toshiba Satellite. The funny thing is I want a desktop real bad...hehe

Whitehat · 04-29-2003, 04:41 PM

Kool man...

Congrats!!

I have a Toshiba Satellite Celeron 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM, and a 30 GB Drive, DVD/CDRW, Floppy drive and wireless LAN.

I'm sitting on the couch in our living room typing this.

Laptops Rock!

Again......congrats. I know how ya feel.

Peace...

finegan · 04-29-2003, 05:58 PM

Laptops indeed rock, about 2+1/2 years ago I picked up a P3 500Mhz Thinkpad from a .com firesale for $500, the poor thing has been through: Mandrake 8.0, RH 7.2, Slack 8.0 and Slack 8.1 and I think next up is OpenBSD. The thing weighs a ton, like 8lbs? maybe 9? I take it everywhere and beat the heck out of it. I've had to dissasemble it twice (I don't recommend stripping down a thinkpad), its just a tank.

Cheers,

Finegan

darin3200 · 04-29-2003, 09:15 PM

Cool,
I really wanted to get a laptop but I opted instead for a cheaper desktop. It works fine but everytime I turn it on the three massive fans, my harddrive, and cd-rw make it sound like a leer jet taking off. Stuffing the case with foam helped

Good luck with slack

NSKL · 04-30-2003, 12:50 PM

Congrats! I'm still saving to get myself a lappy. However the one i want costs quite a bit, around $2000. Heh, i saved $700 so far, another couple of years and i'll have it!
Congrats again man! I can just imagine how happy you are now!

-NSKL