arrival

[egypturnash]

I got my new computer. Yay! I'll be spending the next few hours using the Tiger update CD that came with it, installing all the crap I need, moving over my data, and configuring it the way my old machine was set up. This wasn't typed on it; I think the wireless here isn't set up to accept connections from arbitrary machines. I'll work that out once lediva gets home.

Yay!

Oh, and here's a link to some of the most amazingly curmudgeonely reviews of Mac tools I've ever seen. Especially in the "Very Ugly" category, where the most horrible sins one can commit in design are (a) putting a friendly face on something that can be accomplished via the UNIX shell, because everyone should just learn UNIX and love it!, and (b) having .DS_Store files inside the application's bundle. OH NO.

Comments

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Four thousand bucks for a laptop? That's just insane.

Even if it does come painted in heat-sensitive colors.

..geeze. Hypersonic is a Pimped-Out Laptop specialist, it looks like. Personalized text on it, paint external mouse or keyboard to match, all kinds of colors...

[ultraken.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's easy to hit the $4000+ mark without the heat-sensitive colors. Other companies do the "pimped out" thing too, Falcon Northwest and VoodooPC in particular; Alienware uses its own distinctive cases instead. Hypersonic also makes equally excessive desktop systems, workstations, and small form-factor systems. While these custom PC builders offer "pimped" systems as an option, it's just as easy to spend the money on better components. After all, I'd rather my computer run fast instead of just look fast. At least with Hypersonic, you can make it run fast and quietly instead of sounding like a wind tunnel. :)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Run fast, paint it yourself so it's unique!