New Tech Toy

So it's been awhile since I posted about tech... mostly because I haven't had time to play. But this past weekend I picked up a new rig - Dell Precision M4400, 4GB, 512MB Video, big battery, Vista Business x64. What a fantastic machine.

The software... my first Vista experience was a quick purchase when it first came out - installed it on my home gaming rig. It was a pig to boot, but eventually (after SP1, etc) ran like a well-hung racehorse. I ran Vista on a Dell D620 and 630 for awhile... sucked. I had 2GB on both machines and they were a dog. Both were downgraded back to XP. Now this new rig is FINALLY showing me what Vista was supposed to be when it was released. The extra memory, faster hard drive, and no doubt extremely capable video card let me crank out the emails, diagrams, documentation, and Call of Duty 4 frags all on the same portable box. Finally...

It's no mac-book, but then again, I'm not gay. It's black, it runs hot, and needs a 130 watt power supply - Definitely a right wing nutjob machine. Props to Dell for finally putting out a (relatively) affordable desktop-replacement laptop with great multimedia capability. Props to Microsoft for finally getting it right on the OS (2 years late... dicks...)