I finally have a computer from the 21st century! It replaces my old, dying machine that is getting on for a decade old now, but still going strong. I'm probably going to turn it into a server, for backing up files and hosting some private web space.
But anyway, the laptop is a HP G70, Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 at 2Ghz, 3GB of RAM, BluRay combo drive (very nice!) and a built in webcam (I forget the amount of megapixels, 0.3 or something).
Also excited at the prospect of finally having Vista, which despite all my criticism in the past is not too bad in terms of performance or boot time. It does not bode well for battery life though. Unfortunately, because it's an OEM laptop, it comes loaded with a lot of *%$&ware, which took more than an hour to actually get rid of, and I don't even get installation media, I have to pay £30 for it! The cheek!
It seems that I shall be downloading legally obtaining a copy of the Vista OEM installation CD for my perusal, and then I get to try out vLite on it, to see how much I can shrink the behemoth down...
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