My first week with the laptop

January 30th, 2007

Unfortunately I haven’t had as much time to work with it as I would like.  So far I love it, only thing, at this point anyway, I don’t like, is the fan, it’s awfully loud - although bearable.  Configuration wise, the all I’ve done is uninstalled Norton, and installed ZoneAlarm.  Also, installed Ruby and MySql, doing some work with the 2 of them.

It’s on its way!

January 20th, 2007

Looks like the notebook is in transit, and should arrive later this week.  For those interested, here’s the specs:

  • 15.4″ WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) Glossy
  • Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0Ghz
  • ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 512MB
  • 2x 1024MB DDR2 667
  • 100GB @7200RPM SATA (Hitachi)
  • 8x Super Multi DVD Burner

My Asus Notebook Blog Intro

January 16th, 2007

What’s this blog all about?  Well, I’ll tell you what it’s all about…  It’s going to be my personal account, detailing my trials and tribulations as I work with my new Asus V1J/p laptop + afford me an opportunity to learn the WordPress blogging software.  Some topics I expect to cover over the next several weeks:

  • Why the Asus V1J/P
  • ‘Bloatware’ cleaning
  • Ubuntu installation
  • Vista installation
  • More to come…

Truth be told, my laptop hasn’t even arrived yet!  I’m hoping to receive it next week, and when I do, I’ll be sure to share my first thoughts with you.