we’ve landed a minor windfall so we’re planning our next big purchases. the ticket to manila will be one, plus its accompanying expenses (shopping!). hubby is also planning to get a notebook so he can seriously start writing up his manuscript. the good thing about a notebook is that one can always sneak in a couple of hours work when the mood strikes. well, in theory, at least. or he can take the train instead of driving to and from work, and put those more-than-three hours time to good use. being non-techies, we have no idea what to get. reminds me of that time last year as we got our videocam. we were driven cross-eyed, comparing one model to another. in the end, we simply ended up choosing a model cited in the stiftung warentest magazine (an independent group which compares wares in the market, from computers to anti-wrinkle creams) as “gut” which fell within our price range.

back to laptops: a friend recommended an acer model, with centrino instead of pentium 4. he said centrino uses less energy to work, so the battery lasts up to double the time it does when using pentium 4. seems like a good point to consider. as for the model of the notebook itself, we’re absolutely clueless. we don’t need a very flashy one with all sorts of capabilities we’ll never be able to figure out, much less use. we’d probably even be happy with one from aldi, except that they don’t offer much customer service. so what features do we need? ah, uhm…it would be nice if it’s quiet… and lightweight. in silver or black would be ok. aah, technical specs? um, duh?

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