Done yesterday (20111101 Tu)

[mdlbear]

It was a pretty good day, possibly because my experiment -- raising the head of the bed -- appeared to be successful. (I still was congested by evening, but it was definitely a better day than usual for my throat.)

It probably helped that I started the day with some chord practice; that's unusual for me, but I should continue with it if I can.

I'm still looking at netbooks, and have narrowed the field to the Thinkpad X120e. It has the trackpoint pointing stick, an excellent (and spillproof!) keyboard, and a 64-bit processor. And fits in Minnie -- I tried one at Central Computers. That still leaves plenty of room for dithering, of course -- I have to decide whether to spend the extra $150 on the dual-core processor (with more disk and RAM), and whether to punt and let $EMPLOYER buy it for me.

Tough decision. It feels more comfortable owning my own gear, but I'm probably due for a new laptop at work and it would be easy to justify. But it would take longer to get here. Or I could get a more powerful machine for work, e.g. an X220, and a single-core X120 for myself.

I have to decide by sometime in mid-December -- the Wolfling is anxious to inherit my old netbook. *sigh* I hate making decisions, especially when they involve money. Which has gotten me into a lot of trouble...

OK, now I'm leaning toward spending the $450 or so and getting the dual-core model. Last time I made that kind of choice (on a bike; about the same amounts of money) I ended up regretting I'd gone for the cheaper (= heavier) one. The dual-core will be good for the long haul.

1101 Tu
  * up 6:45; W=196; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, exercise, light
  | no mucus in throat after night with head of bed raised
    some in the morning, possibly due to dairy for breakfast
  @ Sounds Like Weird LJ - Bank Transfer Day
  @ Do It Yourself - Adventurotica (on writing porn)
  $ $4 donation via paypal for haikujaguar: A Rosary of Stones and Thorns, Chapter 18, Part 1 
  * practice:  chords on last song in set - I should number them.
  @ LAC 2012: Linux Audio Conference
  @ Lenovo ThinkPad X120e 0596 - Fusion 1.5 GHz - 11.6″ - 1 GB Ram - 250 GB
    3-hour battery, weighs .4lbs less.  -> Tried it.  Win on size/weight.
    Add $1-200 or so for the 6-cell battery, larger disk, and 4GB RAM.  The
    cheap ones are single-core (E-240); more expensive are dual (E-350).
    Makes it a hard choice:  $300 vs $440;  single-core may use less power
      The idea of $EMPLOYER buying it adds additional complexity; could go
    with an X220 for that.  So could go X220 for work, single-core for home.
      E-240 is same power, half the {cores, cache}
  * buy:  B6, pantsu
  $ HX:  buy:  Stagg small music holder; Manhasset under-music-stand shelf
    holder + shelf + backing = full-size music stand
  * 15min:  recycling, trash from office.  Paint thinner to garage.
  * load drugs

Comments

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

the x120e is defined as a notebook, not a netbook I think - there is a difference (disk drive vs memory chips is one difference I think)

[mdlbear]

Opinions vary -- with the smaller battery, it's the same weight as my Dell netbook, and less than an inch wider. Most netbooks ship with hard drives these days (Colleen's Mini 10v, for example) -- they're cheaper.

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

hmmm - {goes tech window shopping for a possible replacement 9" netbook}

[callibr8]

Definitely go for the higher power, higher memory option. Especially if you have any notion of running the kind of programs I do (graphics-intensive). Avoiding frustration is WORTH IT.

[mdlbear]

That's basically what I've decided. I don't do much graphics, but I do high-end audio, which is similarly CPU-intensive. And I'll be happy to have gigabit ethernet, too, since the house is wired for it.