The WordPress upgrade issue should hopefully be resolved with the release of Fantastico 3, unfortunately I have no idea when that’s actually going to be but at this point in time it’s not overly important.¬† I’m sure when it’s a mandatory upgrade everything will be processed accordingly.
An issue I’m having at the moment is with my laptop.¬† I’ve said before that I’m looking to get a new one and since then mine has been on the fritz.¬† I’m unsure of if it’s something Sean’s done (since he’s been using it for the last week) or if my computer is slowly crashing but when it comes to the brightness on the screen, something just isn’t right.¬† I have “Brightview” and that only works when I have my AC plugged in.¬† This evening it’s showing me a brighter screen when I’m running just on the battery.¬† I was able to fix it while holding down Fn and pressing f7 but the changes being made in the first place without my immediate knowledge is a bit annoying.¬† Maybe Sean’s eyes started to hurt and he turned it down, who knows – that’s a small thing in comparison to the extreme lag I’m experiencing as well.
So what does this mean?¬† Over the course of the next few months I’ll be banking some extra money (probably just leaving it on my Paypal account) and saving up for a new laptop.¬† I don’t need to spend $1200 to get something extreme.¬† I’m looking more along the lines of a $750 max budget.¬† I use my laptop primarily when I travel, or when I just don’t feel like being in the office.¬† I never use it for graphics anymore because I have the iMac now, I do think using it just for code is more than acceptable.¬† So I’m more than likely going to get something with the same statistics I have on this one, I just know I’ll save a little money considering this particular model is almost 2 years old.
I’ve narrowed my choices down to Acer or HP.¬† Either one will suffice for me.¬† I’ve noticed a rise in Acer machines lately and the ones I’ve worked on have really held up the way you would expect a decent computer to do so.¬† Typically they’re less expensive than HP’s as well.¬† Then again, so is Gateway but there’s no way in hell I’d even consider owning a Gateway ANYTHING.¬† No moo-cow box for me, mmhmm.¬† If I really wanted to splurge I’d pick up a Macbook but I don’t really want to spend that kind of money when it’s good to have a Windows based machine at my fingertips for a much lower price tag.
I got an acer that runs gret for $699 at futureshop. Everyonetold me to stay away from both acer and futureshop but I ahvenocomplaints thus far. I’ve had it since early october!
Good luck with the new laptop, im currently drooling over mine..mmmm 😀
Sony Vaio’s are really good (I have one) but they tend to be a bit pricey.
Toshiba is great! If you’d like to consider checking it out. Works perfectly all the time. Good luck to the new find. :-]
I was just looking at laptops on Dell and Sony for my self. I might be getting a new laptop for my sweet sixteen. 🙂
FYI – Stay away from Toshiba, you don’t want to see how horrible my computer is, and how many times it has been in and out of Toshiba facilities.
Thanks guys, I’ve narrowed it down to Acer for the time being. I wouldn’t personally ever own a Dell because I despise the company. And in regards to Toshiba, I’ve heard many mixed reviews but splitting it down the middle, it’s 80% bad and 20% “decent”.
Sony tends to run on the expensive side and if I truly wanted to invest in a laptop with that much “green” I’d go with a Macbook Pro, I can at least install Windows onto it, you know?
i’ve had a sony vaio for about three years now and i LOVE it! HP and gateway has died on me before. good luck with getting your new laptop!
Have you seen the new MacBook Air laptop yet Krissy?, to me it is better than the MacBook Pro at a cheaper price!
John – I’ve done some reading on it and while it’s a great looking system, it doesn’t contain something I find vitally important – a DVD drive. Sure, I could back everything up to a thumb drive, but I have so many disks laying around for all of my programs it’d be a shame to not be able to use them without uploading them to my external and transferring them over.