Photo blog of my new stuff

[Mangofett]

So I've been working a job over the summer, which means I can afford to get myself nice things. Before anyone says anything else, my next item on the list is a camera ;_;

So my first order of business was purchasing a laptop. There is a promotion going on, where students can get a free Xbox 360 slim with the purchase of a PC $699 and up. Needless to say I took full advantage of it.

The laptop + Xbox total was $802 with overnight shipping. Fuck yeah. So my laptop specs:

Core i5 (latest) at 2.3GHz (turbo up to 2.9GHz)
4GB of DDR3-1333 RAM (as one stick, cheap and easy upgrade to 8GB)
Intel HD 3000 + Nvidia GT 520M 1GB GDDR5 (Optimus)
500GB HD
9-cell battery with 8 hours of battery life (advertised as 9.5hrs, and I'm sure you could get that if you turned wireless off, but I'm not complaining)

Did I mention it's a 13.3" laptop? About 1" thick. Not to mention ASUS was kind enough to throw in a free 2-year warranty, with free 1-year accidental damage protection.

So, pictures time!

Spoiler

The metal top, with the edge made of a semi-matte plastic as to not grab fingerprints. Nice.

The keyboard and more metal frame.

My current Windows 7 desktop, overloaded with RainMeter gadgets.

My new free 360.

Just finished installing FFXIII.

And of course... running the latest Snow Leopard. Suck it, macfans!

Well, since I don't usually blog, might as well condense my thoughts. Here are other things I am getting.

http://www.amazon.com/Grado-Prestige-SR-60...0375&sr=8-1 - A nice pair of headphones. my current ones are decent (Koss KSC75) but it's my only pair.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/sx-910a-bluet...r-standby-42200 - Bluetooth headphones. I forgot to mention: the bluetooth drivers on this computer are amazing. They literally support every profile, even the useless ones. So I am getting a pair of bluetooth headphones for it, as a portable solution.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/800-1600cpi-b...ouse-1-aa-50292 - Need a mouse, of course. Don't know if it will be this one specifically.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/spec...?mco=OTY2ODY4NQ - Refurbished iPad. Hopefully the 16GB will be back in stock by the end of the month. A coworker showed my how nice textbooks are on the iPad. Considering how expensive textbooks are, the iPad will pay for itself in the first quarter.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-SX130/1497...ci_sku=14972582 - I am not a photographer, but this seems like it will fit all of my needs.

So yeah, thoughts on all of this?

 

[Goli]

I love your Windows 7 desktop.

inb4peoplesayFFXIIIsucks

 

[prowler]

You don't need to install FFXIII, it's got some decent loading times on 360 and PS3.
That's why there is no install data option for PS3s

Edit: and I forgot it's going to be a pain on 360 with the 3 discs..

BUT, I'm jelly of your laptop.

 

[Mangofett]

I'm at the third-disk of the FFXIII, when

Spoiler

you reach Gran Pulse

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For me, it has some slowdown unless I install it... I thought it was my old Xbox being slow, but it's the same on this one too.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

I wouldn't recommend Grados, since you have the goldly KSC75s. Well, you will probably enjoy it more, but I myself wasn't too fond of the Grados when I tried them out.

Congrats on your purchases though. ASUS is great, and 360 has many quality shmups.....

 

[431unknown]

Congrats, it's always nice when you get get yourself shit you want!

 

[Joe88]

I see logitech M305's constantly on sale between $10 and 20 at bestbuy, staples, ect... and would be a much then a generic mouse from dx
the M505 is also on sale alot for $20

 

[PettingZoo]

That's pretty nifty getting that free Xbox deal, also that camera is disgusting

 

[Ikki]

That laptop is smexy.

 

[Mangofett]

I wouldn't recommend Grados, since you have the goldly KSC75s. Well, you will probably enjoy it more, but I myself wasn't too fond of the Grados when I tried them out.

Congrats on your purchases though. ASUS is great, and 360 has many quality shmups.....
I heard the sr60s were a big step-up from the 75s. But man I looked online a bit more and people are contesting that... now I'm not so sure anymore...

I see logitech M305's constantly on sale between $10 and 20 at bestbuy, staples, ect... and would be a much then a generic mouse from dx
the M505 is also on sale alot for $20I have terrible luck with dongle-wireless mice, so I'm getting bluetooth. I've actually bought a mouse from DX before...they're not bad. Usually reviews are fairly accurate.

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That's pretty nifty getting that free Xbox deal, also that camera is disgusting

It's my crappy phone camera. ):>

 

[PettingZoo]

That's pretty nifty getting that free Xbox deal, also that camera is disgusting

It's my crappy phone camera. ):>

going through old posts and even though this is a month ago I was referring to that walmart canon camera ;~;