New Computer

So my old laptop finally hit the 3-year mark and, true to that series' form, the motherboard died. It would cost as much to replace the motherboard as it would for me to get a new, teeny-tiny netbook, which I assumed would be less powerful but still do everything I need.

I was more than slightly wrong. What I ended up with was a 11.6" Acer Aspire One. It cost me $319, all told. It has 2gb of RAM and 160GB of hard drive space, which matches the stats on my old, $700 15.4" laptop.



Except this weighs in under 3lbs, has a three hour battery life, a comfy keyboard, and is quite literally the equal of my old laptop in any realm where it is not much better already. I can play all my old games, and I don't get any new ones so I'm set.

I'm pretty happy with it. My old laptop had turned into a desktop and I stopped taking it anywhere unless I was going to be there for a few days. I couldn't count on the battery for more than an hour and a half in any power setting, it didn't fit in a normal backpack, so it was pointless in lecture halls. This is much more mobile, without being so compact that it's painful to use or impossible to see.

Let's hear it for student aid money, making my life easier one more time.