technogoly thoughts
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quesarah-I'm thinking about finally switching from a desktop to a laptop. Okay, only thinking, not doing. The truth is, although my PC is 3.5 - 4 years old and is certainly slowing down, it's still in pretty good shape. I really won't need to replace it for another year or so and I can't justify shelling out the cash for a new toy simply for the sake of getting a new toy. But a girl can daydream and sigh over CNET reviews, can't she?
Anyone have a laptop they want to squee over?
-I tried Opera a couple of months ago when version 8 first became available and really wasn't impressed. I quickly went back to Firefox. But the other day I was getting a little frustrated with Firefox's sluggishness and decided to see whether Opera was as annoying as I remembered.
It isn't. The interface is clean and easy to use, some of the incompatibility issues that so vexed me have been ironed out. I've been able to sort out the wacky cache issue that annoyed me last time, so I don't have to reload a page every time I navigate back. And the sucker is FAST. I have it installed at work (on the evil ancient Windows 2000 beast of doom) and at home. So far I'm pretty happy.
-Anyone have a Yahoo Mail Beta account? What's your impression?
Anyone have a laptop they want to squee over?
-I tried Opera a couple of months ago when version 8 first became available and really wasn't impressed. I quickly went back to Firefox. But the other day I was getting a little frustrated with Firefox's sluggishness and decided to see whether Opera was as annoying as I remembered.
It isn't. The interface is clean and easy to use, some of the incompatibility issues that so vexed me have been ironed out. I've been able to sort out the wacky cache issue that annoyed me last time, so I don't have to reload a page every time I navigate back. And the sucker is FAST. I have it installed at work (on the evil ancient Windows 2000 beast of doom) and at home. So far I'm pretty happy.
-Anyone have a Yahoo Mail Beta account? What's your impression?
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Date: 2006-01-10 03:45 pm (UTC)That's true here as well. And while I've always wanted to learn how to do those sorts of upgrades myself, I'm not yet savvy enough to be comfortable totally tearing apart my computer.
the one you have will be charging you for the name rather than the product.
yeah, can you say "overpriced?" i knew you could. i've heard of acer machines but you're the first person i know who owns one. cheers for the rec. :)