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First off, let’s just say that I’m glad I bought this lappy. It’s made class a lot easier and it’s made working with other people on projects possible. It’s also just nice to be able to use a computer in bed if I’m sick, or just want to watch some Giant Bomb videos while I lay down. It’s great. I didn’t pay too much, and I think it’s been all positive, in general.

Still, if I had to do it all over again, I would probably do it a bit differently.
Basically, when I decided to go with this laptop, I went “Oh, look, it’s pretty decent in stats. I’m going to care about that, so this is a good option. Also, it’s widescreen, and I do really like my widescreen monitor. This’ll be perfect!” Those assumptions are pretty completely wrong. Although I’m glad I could play LoL on this thing when I needed to, it’s not really a significant benefit. I’m not doing much gaming on this thing. I guess when Starcraft 2 comes out, it’ll probably be nice enough that I can run things on the lowest settings on here and LAN party, but still, a very minor benefit.

What I’m really using this lappy for is being portable. I’m carrying it around with me. I’m whipping it around in bed and looking at things.
What I needed was portability.

I look at Cara. She has a 13″ Macbook Pro. I’m not really jealous of the Macbook part, but the 13″ part makes me feel silly for having this huge thing. She can put her laptop in her purse. I had to search and search for a bag to actually fit this thing. Her laptop is light and easy to carry. I get tired hauling this thing around campus. Since I’m not doing anything intense on this, there’s really no reason why I had to have this big, heavy machine, and I’m jealous of the smaller machines of my friends.

Let’s not diss this laptop. It’s pretty great, and if you did occasional bouts of heavy computing and only wanted a laptop, this thing would be great. However, what I wanted was a portable computer, I see now, not a second computer. I made bad decisions.

Oh well, it’s water under the bridge. I have this and it works fine. Maybe by the time this is completely outdated or broken, I will be smart enough to take these kinds of considerations into account when I purchase a replacement. Still, though, it’s so awesome to have one. I just maybe should have thought more about actual use cases before I bought.