Dude, I got my Dell!!!

September 18, 2007

Even though last week I received word that my Dell Inspiron 1420 was to be delayed by a week, it turns out they shipped it just one day late instead of 7.

I received it today and I love it. The pink is beautiful and it feels like a rubbery surface. The bottom is black and the inside is silver - so it’s not a Pepto Bismal laptop. It came with a set of headphones/earplugs with replacement rubbery things - you know, the part that fits around them. They’re small and fit into my ear quite nicely. I was like “Are they in?”

The keys are similar to what we have on the Mac Powerbook. They’re silver. A little tougher to press and the keys themselves are sunken down a little further. But my wrist has been hurting (carpal tunnel?) so maybe this keyboard will be better for my wrist? Guess I’ll have to see.

The touchpad is one of the nicer ones out there. Here’s how I know. Last week, I went shopping at brick and mortar stores after learning my Dell was supposed to be delayed. I’m glad I didn’t buy any of the ones I saw. I did see some impressive laptops, but now that I have this Inspiron, I can safely say that none of them compare to this one.

During that process, I did try to become an Mac girl. But while I was at the Apple store, I finally figured out what I don’t like about Macs - it’s that the windows don’t automatically maximize to fill the entire screen. Yes, you can do it manually, but even still, you can inadvertently click on other windows underneath the top one.

I’ve read that the reason behind this is for increased productivity. But for me, it was the opposite. That’s the great thing about the market right now, is that there are options since people learn and produce in different styles.

I’m happy to be back on Windows. I’m on Vista - which runs best on 2GB of memory for anyone in the market for a laptop. Vista is a little different, but I was already familiar with it, so no big deal there.

I feel a huge sigh of relief. I think I’m going to be far more productive. It will take a little time to get used to the keyboard since the control key is in a different place than it was on the Mac. But that won’t take long.

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Posted in productivity by Nathania Johnson