Found Not Lost

My 12 year old daughter got on of these mini laptops for Christmas. Before you go thinking that I give generous Christmas gifts like this, think again. She used the Christmas money she received from family plus some that she saved up from her birthday in October and got her very own Acer mini laptop after investigating several laptop deals available.

She’s had it a couple of months now and she is perfectly happy with it. It does everything she wants it to do plus some. She’s also very protective of it. She hasn’t let any of us touch it!

Here are some features of the Acer Mini laptop:
# Intel Atom processor N270 - 1.60 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache
# 8.9? WSVGA high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD - Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
# 1024MB DDR 533MHz Dual Channel Memory - Use multiple applications without a decrease in performance
# 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive - Store large video files, music, photos, documents and more on this expansive drive

Additional Features
# Windows XP Home
# Acer Crystal Eye Webcam 3-cell Li-ion (2200 mAh) Battery
# 3 - USB 2.0 Ports AC Power Adapter
# Multi-in-1 Card Reader AC Power Cord
# Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Modem Cable
# 3-cell Li-ion (2200 mAh) Battery
# 2.19 lbs. 995 g (system unit only)

Have you seen these mini laptops? They are cute and they are also quite affordable at about $300. Although I’ve heard that there’s even better laptop deals out there, kind of hard to believe they can go lower then $300 don’t you think?

My boss got one because she got tired of lugging around her big laptop whenever she traveled. So far, she hasn’t had any problems with hers and she says she doesn’t even miss the full sized laptop. So I’m thinking I may get these for the girls for Christmas.

Here are some features of the Acer Mini laptop:

Additional Features

For the longest time, we had a desctop PC with about half the hard drive and memory that this one little laptop has. I think my girls should be able to do the things they like to do and maybe even some schoolwork with this mini laptop, don’t you think?

Dare I enter another Twilight contest? Heck yeah! And if you want to win Twilight prizes too, get on over to LoveImpossible.com and sign up for the contest. The deadline is March 1st. You don’t have much time!

The prizes offered for this contest are:

1. Twilight (Two-Disc Special Edition) preordered and shipped to your home. OR
2. Choice of any Vampire Romance book on our website shipped to your home. OR
3. Twilight Bella Inspired Swarovski Crystal CLEAR Heart Pewter Wolf Apple Clasp Bracelet courtesy of Jeweled Ambrosia

Go on over and check out the Twilight contest details to learn how you can win one of the great prizes on the list. I for one am hoping to win the DVD!

By the way, I was checking emails this morning and learned that Amazon is offering financing on select netbooks. That certainly piqued my interest because my daughter will be going off to boarding school by the fall (crossing fingers here) and she will need her own laptop. I think one of these netbooks would work nicely for her purpose and they don’t really cost a whole lot. It’s amazing how low the prices have gotten on these things.

To get the no interest 6 month financing from Amazon, all you have to do is apply for an Amazon.com store card, and when you charge the netbooks using your card, you won’t have to pay interest for 6 months. Pay it off within that time, and you just got 0% financing on your netbook! Great deal, don’t you think?
 
 
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Apple continues to amaze me. I’m not a huge fan of iPods, although they work great and have even greater accessories, I find them restricting. Until the iTouch, they didn’t have many of the great features I look for in a music device. My old 4GB Meizu was amazing with its radio and large screen great for viewing videos, photos and playing music. However, the LCD screen broke and, unlike Apple, Meizu doesn’t have a great customer support service.

One thing I do like about Apple is their laptops and innovative technology. I’ve been researching the MacBook and MacBook Pro on their website. I am completely convinced a MacBook would be the best fit for me, compared to a Dell or other HP computer. I learned how to use a Mac this year in Newspaper Journalism and although it was confusing at first, I really prefer it to Windows. It just flows better and works faster, not to mention Macs are basically impervious to viruses.

Some great things about the new Mac? The laptop is made out of aluminum and glass. Most of the body is crafted out of one solid piece of aluminum, simplifying the design in this way creates a lighter piece of equipment. The glass improves the look and feel of the screen and touch pad. The touch pad doubles as the mouse and clicker. Removing the button leaves more space to move your fingers. Simply press anywhere on the pad to click. The touch pad also allows more movement such as the “pinch” feature to zoom in or out, the two finger stroke allows you to scroll the page, you can even rotate pictures with the keypad by using your forefinger and thumb. These are just a few of my favorite features, check out the Apple website for more. The 13 inch MacBook I’m saving up for starts at $1299 but I’ll probably look into a refurbished one to save money.

I can’t wait til I get my hands on a MacBook, it will be a big upgrade from having my entire life on my rinky-dink flash drive to the 160 GB of space on the Mac.

I had a phone call the other day from an old friend in the Philippines. It was so out of the norm it shocked me that I was even talking to this person after so many years. We fell into the old banter after only a few minutes as if we just spoke last week. After getting caught up in the gossip and all that, I suddenly realized how long we’ve been on the phone! I told him we’d better get off or he’d have more than hell to pay on his phone bills. I remember on the one or two lapses I had with international phone calls in the past, I ended up tripling my normal monthly bill! He laughed and calmly explain that they used voip gateways to make all their long distance calls now, especially international calls. He said voice-over-internet-protocol is the thing now. For the same cost as a local phone call, they can make long distance calls for pennies!

That just goes to show how much I stay on the phone. I had never even heard of VOIP before. He even gave a U.S. number to call him at even though he’s in the Philippines. When I call via VOIP, I only get billed what it costs to call that area code, not the triple digit rate for international calling. Sweet!

When you have a computer, if you’re plugged into the internet or local network, then you become quite familiar with different kinds of cables like Cat5e patch cable which are Ethernet cables.

We are getting such a tangle under our computer desk at home that the other day, my husband was wishing we had all wireless connection. Especially since I can sit in bed and blog while he has to sit at the desk to work on his website. Boohoo! I’m such a meanie, huh?