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2008-04-26

Laptop

I have no idea what the laptop specs are that I'm using. It is ancient. After installing Xubuntu and open office I have just under a gig of free space on the drive. It has 200 meg and change memory, 200 GHz processor. I have no idea what else. Oh, one USB 1.0 port where I' will have to put my character and other data files while using the laptop. Things are coming together. I'll be prepared for next Friday.

Last night a screen popped up that said new updates were  available. It turns out Ubuntu 8.04 is out. The system updated itself. I left it running and went to bed. When I got up, the download and install was done. The clean up was running. The system wanted to remove something. I clicked 'continue', rebooted. The laptop did not come up the first boot. It came up the second. It still seems to be working. The sound still does not work. The drive has no free space. Can't view YouTube videos. No online radio. No storing data on the drive. No wireless. Oh, well. Still better than nothing.

I will not have the books on the computer. The laptop is not really strong enough to put adobe reader. I'll have to have some other pdf viewer. One of the ones that suck. That will at least get me down the road. Now, I just have to find my books and dice.

Dream Laptop of the day


nspiron 1420N

Starting Price $1,044
Instant Savings $20
Subtotal $1,024


  • Inspiron 1420N

  • Date   4/26/2008 6:19:04 PM Central Standard Time
    Catalog Number   29 Retail 19
    Catalog Number / Description   Product Code   SKU   Id
    System Color:
    Jet Black
      BLKWC   [320-5524]   2
    Inspiron 1420N:
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5450 (1.66GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
      LT545LN   [223-1342]   1
    Operation System:
    Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 with DVD Playback
      LINX   [420-7901]   11
    LCD Panel:
    High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440x900)
      14XGAL   [320-5521]   5
    Video Card:
    128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8400M GS
      128NV84   [320-5496]   6
    Memory:
    4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
      4G2D   [311-7256]   3
    Hard Drive:
    Size: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
      160GB   [341-4865]   8
    Optical Drive:
    8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
      8XLDVDR   [313-5277]   16
    Wireless Networking Cards:
    Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card
      IP3945   [430-2334]   19
    Camera:
    Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
      CAMERA   [320-5522]   21
    Primary Battery:
    56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
      6BAT   [312-0539]   27
    Sound Card:
    Integrated High Definition Audio
      IS   [313-4783]   17
    Integrated NIC and Modem:
    Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
      INTNIC   [430-0493]   13
    Processor Branding:
    Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
      ICNSNB   [310-9348]   749
    Warranty & Service:
    1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service
      ST111RR   [960-2780][983-3180][987-5397][987-8139][990-7989]   29
    Dell Recycling:
    Free Recycling Kit
      RECYCL   [310-5408]   129

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