Happy Dussehra & NavRatri

Good Morning...
Wish you all a Very Happy Dussehra (विजयादशमी / விஜயதசமி / విజయదశమి / വിജയദശമി ) in advance.
I'll be back soon.

Wanted …………… A Laptop

Yes…. I have decided to buy a Lappie now. This thing has been lingering around in my mind from a long time. My 3 year old Desktop is fast becoming rusty. It is not that it is no more useful to me. I still use it a lot. It has well supported my Linux based work and somehow pulls a little Symbian stuff on Windows too, thanks to the new motherboard and RAM.

Yet I want to buy a laptop for the reason I travel home frequently. And it has occurred to me a number of times that I find myself stupidly helpless. Here is an idea that will be very effective in office or here is a new plan that will change the course of the task, here is the program that shall do great, How the hell do I translate, my ephemeral, brainy, creative thought into something I shall be able to use and reproduce the next morning? I run around, helpless, for finding a pen and piece of paper to jot down the idea. And in the effort to do so, my voltage in the brain neurons go down and that, ought to be effective, great idea is erased from the memory cells! And you don’t want to be in such situation time and again.

Now looking at the current personal financial conditions and the market situation, I do not want to shell out more than 30K for my maiden Notebook. Actually, the market situation has nothing to do about my thought. And current personal financial conditions is little glorified, my current pocket and bills payment is the matter of the fact.

And yet, with that budget, I still have some insistence on some of my specs about the Notebook I want. For example, the screen should be minimum of 14 inches(TFT, LCD or LED type of screen, does not matter). In other specs 2 GB RAM, any amount of HDD is okay, Intel or AMD does not matter, Mac not needed (as I’m not familiar with Mac, do not want to waste time in struggling with the menus to put in my invaluable (ought to be) thoughts.

While doing the survey another confusing cat appeared out of the bag. That is a Netbook. But looking at all available brands and their hardware specs I’m hardly willing to for a 10.1’’ screen Netbook.

Another important thing is that I’m ready to buy a used Laptop also (in working condition, not older than 2 years). This will save me some bucks. Anybody in Hyderabad, Pune or Bangalore has one such good machine can contact me on +91-9885911832 or write to me at ajay.sontakke@yahoo.com .

All right, that is that. I would like you to share your ideas and suggestions on this whole issue. You know after all, An Idea can change your life! (my pals with Idea cellular shall smile on this idea :-)).