As I Xi It

I think its been about 4 – 6 weeks since I got my netbook and in that time I’ve barely used my desktop or laptop. In fact, I think this might be the first time in over a month that I’ve booted up my laptop. At the moment I’m typing this entry on the laptop and its rather bizzare. It just feels significantly larger than my netbook, it doesn’t feel like a 14.1″ but more of a 17″, if I was using an actual 17″ then I suspect it’d feel like a portable cinema. Strange thing though – I don’t seem to notice the size difference so much when I’m using the desktop which has a 22.1″ screen.

Over the past few weeks I’ve grown accustomed to the little keyboard on my netbook and I can touch type with ease. Now I find myself having to readjust to the laptop and desktop keys which are both the same size.

Since this laptop is more or less devoid of “fun things”, I figured that it should help me focus on writing my book chapter. Progress has been somewhat sluggish at best. I know what I need to write, it’s just a matter of doing it. For some bizzare reason, I seem to be at my most hardworking at around 2 – 3 am onwards. Afternoons – early evenings are no good, they just make me drowsy. First thing in the morning is alright though.

I’ve just realised that I haven’t got a blog category devoted to work.

We all love our laptops – Click me!

I upgraded the RAM on my Dell laptop from 512 MB (2x 256MB) to 2 GB (2x 1GB). It was a fairly straightforward and easy job. I didn’t think it needed a full tutorial and since I’m in a movie making kinda mood these day, I time lapsed it.

One thing to remember is to ground yourself before starting. Also, it makes the job a lot easier if you have the correct sized Phillips head screwdriver and flathead to lift off the plastic plate by the keyboard.

Performance wise, my computer definately starts up and shuts down faster. It doesn’t seem to have any problems running the usual gamut of software. Photoshop is fine and everything’s just dandy.