First of all, the Asus laptop actually had no DVD / CD Drive I discovered when I did a bit of research on the net last night. So first thing this morning I rang Dick Smith and although Clint assured me, as he did yesterday, that the laptop did have a DVD Burner when I asked him to check he had to admit that in fact it didn’t have one after all. So I told him I would have the Toshiba I’d been looking at instead. No worries.
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| Toshiba Satellite L750 |
Later in the day I ‘persuaded’ Bill to take a run into Bairnsdale so I could pick up my new toy. I was itching to try it. Almost rang first to make sure they had one in stock, but felt sure it would have been mentioned this morning if they didn’t have any. Guess what – they had none in stock, although Clinton hadn’t realised that when I rang. Options – I could have the display model at a reduced price, or wait to get a new one. Also, he’d have to reinstall Windows. How long to reinstall, 1 1/2 hours. No, not prepared to wait that long, especially with a not too happy husband in the car anyway. If I didn’t want the trial versions of Norton and Office 2010 I could have it in 10 minutes. I wasn’t interested in the trials, so that sounded like the go. How reduced? Only $20, so I refused. Upshot was Clinton will get one from Traralgon on Saturday and deliver it to home on Sunday. Only thing is I had to pay for it today, so they’ve got my money, I haven’t got the computer yet! He said he’d try to organise a bonus for me, so I told him I’d been going to ask about a new wireless mouse as mine eats batteries. He more or less said he’d get me one. Hope he keeps his word.
So, wasted trip (petrol, time and an out-of-sorts husband) and I have to wait even longer for my new toy. Only good thing is if I hadn’t gone in today I wouldn’t have found out until Friday that they didn’t have one. Could still have had it Sunday I suppose so wouldn’t have been any worse off – but at least I know today that I can’t have it until Sunday.
These are the specs for my indulgence.
| General | Product Type: | Laptops |
| Brand: | Toshiba |
| Model: | PSK2YA-04K010 |
| Features | Estimated Battery Life (hr): | 4 |
| Bluetooth Enabled: | Yes |
| Digital Media Cards Reader: | SD Memory Card |
| Hard Drive Speed (rpm): | 5400 |
| Graphics Card Brand: | NVIDIA |
| Graphics Card Memory (MB): | 1GB |
| Graphics Card Memory Type: | Dedicated |
| Graphics Card Type: | GeForce GT 525M |
| Networking: | Gigabit Ethernet |
| Optical Drive Format: | DVD Burner |
| Optical Drive Type: | DVD Super Multi |
| Processor Brand: | Intel |
| Processor Model: | 2410M |
| Processor Speed (GHz): | 2.30 |
| Processor Type: | Core i5 |
| Installed RAM (GB): | 4 |
| RAM Expandable To (GB): | 8 |
| Ram Type: | DDR3 |
| USB Ports: | 3 |
| Disk Drives | Hard Drive Size: | 640GB |
| Interface Type: | SATA |
| Screen | Screen Definition: | High Definition |
| Screen Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 16:9 |
| Screen Resolution: | 1366 x 768 |
| Screen Size: | 15.6″ |
| Screen Type: | LED |
| Audio | Microphone: | External |
| Speakers: | Stereo Speakers |
| Networking and Internet | Wireless Networking: | IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g |
| Connections and Expansion | Audio Ports: | Headphone mini jack, Microphone mini jack |
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