I haz a laptop!
Mar. 22nd, 2009 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
knitchick1979SQUEE!
I am typing on my brand new Macbook!!!
Went with my parents today to the mini-Mac store in ABT Electronics up in Glenview. My dad wanted to go there because he just bought a TV from there and that meant he could finance my computer with the TV. Fine by me :) So the guy went over the laptops, I was totally resigned to getting the Macbook White (13" plastic shell), but the guy was pointing out that the new 13" aluminum one was more durable and better screen and better battery life and the newer trackpad and bigger hard drive. My mom helped talk my dad into getting THAT one! YAY!!!!
Got that, and a nice new laptop bag sized just for it. It's really nice, I've been sitting here for nearly two hours just playing around, getting things set up how I like it. Downloaded my most frequently used programs, Firefox and OpenOffice.org, as well as Google Toolbar. The computer meanwhile quietly downloaded system updates and such in the background. Now that those are installed I am about to run the iLife 09 Installer (it was SO cool when it sucked the DVD into the superdrive :D )
Oh and of course, my login name is Captain Jacqueline Harkness and my desktop currently has Jack and Ianto snogging (to which my dad was like "ew take that off" and I'm like "my laptop! I like it!") I need to come up with a name for the computer tho.
But before I start running iLife, here's a couple quickie photos!
Okay, time to get iLife running and then give the computer a break while I make more pizzelles. Then I think I'm gonna snuggle in bed and watch Dancing with the Stars from last Monday/Tuesday.
I am typing on my brand new Macbook!!!
Went with my parents today to the mini-Mac store in ABT Electronics up in Glenview. My dad wanted to go there because he just bought a TV from there and that meant he could finance my computer with the TV. Fine by me :) So the guy went over the laptops, I was totally resigned to getting the Macbook White (13" plastic shell), but the guy was pointing out that the new 13" aluminum one was more durable and better screen and better battery life and the newer trackpad and bigger hard drive. My mom helped talk my dad into getting THAT one! YAY!!!!
Got that, and a nice new laptop bag sized just for it. It's really nice, I've been sitting here for nearly two hours just playing around, getting things set up how I like it. Downloaded my most frequently used programs, Firefox and OpenOffice.org, as well as Google Toolbar. The computer meanwhile quietly downloaded system updates and such in the background. Now that those are installed I am about to run the iLife 09 Installer (it was SO cool when it sucked the DVD into the superdrive :D )
Oh and of course, my login name is Captain Jacqueline Harkness and my desktop currently has Jack and Ianto snogging (to which my dad was like "ew take that off" and I'm like "my laptop! I like it!") I need to come up with a name for the computer tho.
But before I start running iLife, here's a couple quickie photos!
Okay, time to get iLife running and then give the computer a break while I make more pizzelles. Then I think I'm gonna snuggle in bed and watch Dancing with the Stars from last Monday/Tuesday.
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Date: 2009-03-23 01:53 am (UTC)Open "System Preferences," then choose "Sharing." At the top of this window will be a text bar entitled "Computer Name"! ^_^
(And Lady Penelope has now—finally—been officially named. This pleases her.)
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Date: 2009-03-23 01:58 am (UTC)Tho I'm leaning toward Ianto...he is on the wallpaper after all :D (it's currently a shot of him and Jack snogging from "To the Last Man" with a blue frame and purply hearts on the frame :D )
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Date: 2009-03-23 08:32 am (UTC)