Tuesday, March 07, 2006

No apple this time

Well that's that. Cancelled my order with Infinite Systems for the MacBook Pro and applied for a custom built Dell Inspiron 9400. Guess my affair with Macintosh just wasn't meant to be this time. Assuming this move doesn't prove fatal for Apple then I might consider getting a second or third generation Macintel when the time comes.

This new Dell should be a real beast.
  • Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo Processor T2600 2.16 GHz, 2MB Cache, 667 MHz FSB
  • 17" UltraSharp(TM) Wide Screen UXGA Display with Truelife(TM): 1920x1200
  • Dell(TM) Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module
  • Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card
  • 2048MB (2 X 1024MB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
  • 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) Go 7800
  • 100GB Ultra ATA 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive
  • Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layer write capabilities
  • Internal 56K Modem
  • 9-Cell 80Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery
  • Carbon Fiber Color Kit
Dell have provided me with a tracking number and estimate delivery in 10 working days. Hopefully sooner. First order of business would be to try to install OSX or Vista on it.

In other news, a quick finger count would indicate that today marks exactly one year of employment at Michael Hill Jeweller. I've been recently handed a little more responsibility in the team to help Dan out by managing issues as they come through from the users and delegate as necessary. It'll be a bit of an adjustment but I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Moment such as this is ample justification in my eyes for blowing cash on a laptop that will be dated in two years. :P

3 comments:

Sharim said...

Nope, the Dell should be arriving sometime next week. I never said there was anything wrong with Apple, just that this might not have been the time for me to get one in the end. You're not having any problems with YOUR iBook now are you? :)

Rudi: Oi! So which one is it? Am I a traitor for thinking about getting a MBP or a traitor for ordering the Dell?

yinyang said...

so you can now boot XP on an Intel Mac, with instructions for the MBP coming soon....

time to ring Dell??? ;-)

Sharim said...

Curses...