Hunting For the Smaller But Tastier Game...

So far I've gone a year and almost a month with dear dear Dell laptop. I've managed to tailor it to my wants and needs and serves as my home away from home. It's not an old model, but it isn't a cutting edge top-of-the-line portable wonder; it serves as my portable movie screen, photo album, and research center for both my academic endeavors and my online hobbies. Specifically, my laptop is a 15.4 inch Inspiron 1526 Notebook.

There she is, nice and simple. Blue and with functional things like an integrated webcam, voice speech recognition, four USB slots (something that I appreciate immensely) and all-around practical design.

Nevertheless I've been carrying this laptop of mine to class back and forth in my backpack and I have to admit it's very heavy and the battery leaves something to be desired (3 hour functionality on Power Saving mode). Thusly most of the time I need it to be grounded somewhere with a current.

Hence these little setbacks that have halted my dear laptop from achieving true notebook grandeur, have forced me to seek out new means of portable mobility in the technological department. Thusly I've been attracted to the premise of a netbook.

I've been doing my research and chatting with friends of mine whom have a wider knowledge and dominance of the electronic world what my choices were for a good sturdy netbook that would suit my needs for both academic studies and hobby applications. Gaming is straight out of the question, since for that I have my custom-built desktop rig (nothing fancy, it gets the job done). So after a couple of days of sifting through different review sites and comparing models and prices, I've narrowed it down to one model I really REALLY want:

The Asus Eee PC 1005HA Netbook

I've been reading the system specs on this little wonder and they are astonishing for the price it's going for. The one thing that is lacking, but can be quickly fixed, is the RAM. It only comes with 1GB, but thankfully this model has a removable RAM access plate and therefore allows for manual user upgrade. Hence the possibility of buying extra RAM on the side to boost the already solid specs.

The hard drive is the exact same size as my laptop, which makes me wonder whether this has a Solid State Drive (SSD) or a Hard Disk Drive (HDD). This little detail could make all the difference in the world.

Now it's all down to user trails. From what I've read online, it's good and functional and the screen is big enough to work on it without any major problems. Hopefully in a couple of weeks, this will be the new addition to my ever-growing electronic family

Hunting for a new Phone

Every couple of years a special moment is presented to me: the purchasing of a new cellular telephone. Now any normal customer and shopper will of course jump at the opportunity of getting the first phone they deem to be cool and hip and totally adequate to their needs. I on the other hand are a more picky shopper. I first conduct a recon run to my provider's main shop, to see what phones they have on sale, and then conduct a thorough sweep of what I deem to be appropriate phones for my needs and wants (right now my focus is mainly on media with simple Wi-Fi and internet access). After having done this I go back home and begin poring over the countless reviews and comparisons for the phones I'm interested in and thus conduct a thorough research of my next phone.

For the time being it's slim pickings and I'm hoping that I can get an iPhone for less than the retail price. That would be a major score.