OK, so the exciting news is that (a) we finally bought a futon for our room (from IKEA) and (b) the number of entries I've written on this journal now equals a millionth of the number of clock cycles my first-Mac-ever could run through in a second. Trippy, eh? Oh yeah, and I've also been using the word 'trippy' an awful lot for the past two days. And that was 466MHz for the wonderers…
But yeah, happiest happening? I just acquired a new computer. I know what you're thinking - "another one?!" And I'm going to have to say "eeyup". This one's a 12" PowerBook G4 with a decently powerful 1.5GHz G4 processor and 1.25GB of RAM. The graphics card on this machine (an NVIDIA GeForceFX Go 5200) has 64MB of dedicated VRAM and actually performs better than the model that replaced it - i.e., the MacBook. When the MacBooks came out, I thought the most ludicrous part (apart from the MacBook's horrible name) was that they actually performed worse on some benchmarks than the computers they replaced (those were mainly the gaming tests). As I've noted before, Apple has not been wise to eliminate its contestant in the 12" Pro category. The PowerBook G4 I'm currently using not only retains its star status amongst the people who use it, but also, any unbiased person will tell you how much they wished that there was a 12" MacBook Pro - for both its size and its ultra-sleek look. I, for one, do. Am I in love with my computer again? Possibly. When the Core 2 Duos come out though [and if they are compelling], I will probably sell this and buy one of those.
Also, the hammer falls now. All those classes that were merely boring last week are now both boring and tedious, with their problem sets and homeworks being due either on Thursday or on Friday. Yeah, I'm kind-of screwed. There's also a Chinese quiz tomorrow, as there is on every fourth day. Taking up a language is quite an experience. The class meets everyday, homework comes in a continuous stream rather than discrete packets and without constant practice, you're going nowhere. Still, our teacher, or perhaps I should say老师 , is pretty awesome… and she also distributes some weird Japanese (!) candy which actually tastes pretty decent if you're brave enough to stick it in your mouth.
But yeah, happiest happening? I just acquired a new computer. I know what you're thinking - "another one?!" And I'm going to have to say "eeyup". This one's a 12" PowerBook G4 with a decently powerful 1.5GHz G4 processor and 1.25GB of RAM. The graphics card on this machine (an NVIDIA GeForceFX Go 5200) has 64MB of dedicated VRAM and actually performs better than the model that replaced it - i.e., the MacBook. When the MacBooks came out, I thought the most ludicrous part (apart from the MacBook's horrible name) was that they actually performed worse on some benchmarks than the computers they replaced (those were mainly the gaming tests). As I've noted before, Apple has not been wise to eliminate its contestant in the 12" Pro category. The PowerBook G4 I'm currently using not only retains its star status amongst the people who use it, but also, any unbiased person will tell you how much they wished that there was a 12" MacBook Pro - for both its size and its ultra-sleek look. I, for one, do. Am I in love with my computer again? Possibly. When the Core 2 Duos come out though [and if they are compelling], I will probably sell this and buy one of those.
Also, the hammer falls now. All those classes that were merely boring last week are now both boring and tedious, with their problem sets and homeworks being due either on Thursday or on Friday. Yeah, I'm kind-of screwed. There's also a Chinese quiz tomorrow, as there is on every fourth day. Taking up a language is quite an experience. The class meets everyday, homework comes in a continuous stream rather than discrete packets and without constant practice, you're going nowhere. Still, our teacher, or perhaps I should say
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