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topgeartom · 09-08-2006, 04:44 PM

well im off to uni in a week so ive gone and got myself a laptop. Nothing amazingly fancy but frankly im still in sheer awe of being able to sit downstairs with no wires and steal my nieghbour's internet connection.

Ive gone for an Acer 5003WLMi with an AMD Turion 64bit processor, 512mb of RAM, an 80gb hardrive and everything else is pretty much boggo apart from a DVD-ROM, DVD-RW combo so i now have a way of watching DVD's ever since my PS2 vandalised itself.

Perhaps THE best thing however, is the fact that with my black XP skin and the toolbars removed from the top of the browser, JW in sublack form looks absolutely bloody amazing.

Its my first ever laptop so im currently on freedom overload!

And the obligitary custom shot of sorts!

Tom

blinkmeat · 09-08-2006, 04:59 PM

What are you studying?

topgeartom · 09-08-2006, 05:04 PM

Im reading for a Ba in Political Studies

blinkmeat · 09-08-2006, 05:15 PM

Reading?
I thought the only thing you needed to know was how to place your lips to asses
& enjoy fucking people over :bah:

topgeartom · 09-08-2006, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by blinkmeat

Reading?
I thought the only thing you needed to know was how to place your lips to asses
& enjoy fucking people over :bah:

Please be aware i dont actually want to be a politician, i just enjoy the subject and find the whole political mechanisms quite interesting. Having had a backstage tour around Westminister and parliament itself from a current member of the house of lords, i can certianl say, regardless of how much brown nosing is involved the rewards are bloody worth it.

gucom · 09-08-2006, 05:27 PM

lol good luck with the studies

not really my field, although if life lasted forever i'd be interested in it...

i got a laptop for study stuff too, and i remember the awesome feeling too

and trust me after a while you just cant do without it anymore lol... 1 thing i do wish for my next laptop, a 12-inch one... the current 17inch is a bit on the big side, and especially on the heavy side...

TNT · 09-08-2006, 05:27 PM

^^^ hahaha

congrats tom, maybe we will see more of you now that your are doing it illegal now

topgeartom · 09-08-2006, 05:31 PM

LOL, no doubt when im on campus or in my halls and a bit bored i will once again return to the warm, comforting bosom of JW.

On the wireless internet side, the guilt has got to me, i was midway through downloading a 1.5Gb file so thought it was a bit mean completely sapping the poor bloke over the roads internet connection

TopGearNL · 09-08-2006, 06:02 PM

Good luck Tom

I started going to university too the past week. Im doing Information Technology and I am going to get a Laptop too pretty soon, probably a Toshiba. Also wireless offcourse

RC45 · 09-08-2006, 06:47 PM

So you settled on a laptop.. because?

It was the onlyu PC with a keyboard you could reach?

Enjoy the wireless freedom

topgeartom · 09-08-2006, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by RC45

So you settled on a laptop.. because?

It was the onlyu PC with a keyboard you could reach?

Enjoy the wireless freedom

Hhahaaa, i shouldve known.

There are real issues with the ticknes of the thing - it must be at least 1cm thick. With my height issues i have troule seeing over the top of it

TNT · 09-08-2006, 08:52 PM

^^^LMAO

don't feel bad about borrowing internet, its their fault for not securing it.

i borrowed my neighbors for over a year. then i moved and bought my own.

yg60m · 09-09-2006, 01:35 AM

What speed do you get from this wireless connection ?

blinkmeat · 09-09-2006, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by topgeartom

Originally Posted by blinkmeat

Reading?
I thought the only thing you needed to know was how to place your lips to asses
& enjoy fucking people over :bah:

Please be aware i dont actually want to be a politician, i just enjoy the subject and find the whole political mechanisms quite interesting. Having had a backstage tour around Westminister and parliament itself from a current member of the house of lords, i can certianl say, regardless of how much brown nosing is involved the rewards are bloody worth it.

A brilliant politician you will be

/Yoda

topgeartom · 09-09-2006, 04:56 AM

hahaaa, i dont think i could stand all the lieing and face-to-face bullshitting involved with the job!

@yg60m I was getting download speeds of just ove 100kb/s which i didnt think was too bad from a connection that had apparently little or no signal according to windows. On my wired brodband usually get about 250kb/s.