HP Pavilion dm3-1015TX v Apple Macbook new white

after all the headache.. trip down to funan.. epic centre.. eightflags.. its down to this two.. never ever considered a macbook at all.. until someone offered me macbook pro for just 1.7.. led me to realise i could get macbook at 1.4k student discount.. after the ram upgrade and apple protection plan macbook is 1,890.. looked ard for awhile.. afterall using hp desktop for so long and hp laptop.. i guess im still stubborn and i still wanna take a look at hp.. haha.. disappointed that my old model dv2 only come with AMD processor now.. ): i know it might not be so bad.. but im really scared of overheating problems now.. probably if its a desktop i wont mind an AMD processor. anw looked at dv3 looks like a close replica of my dv2! but its heavy and the price is....hmms hahahh... spotted dm3 along the way! the mac-style keyboard is... omg loveeee! (HP Envy is like really the god-like niceeee!!! but its price was also damn niceeeee at 3,599!) hahahh.. then its 1.6k adding on warranty probably 1.8k.. omg difference of 90bucks.. my headache got so bad.. i felt like its gonna explodee.... ):

and so first thing.. i compared the specs... igoring the operating system first and the similiar ...2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.. HP Pavilion dm3-1015TX came with a 4GB RAM, 500GB internal storage.. Apple Macbook white was 2GB RAM (i could throw in 144 for an upgrade), 250GB internal storage.. the numbers was so obvious.. HP specs was practically double that of Mac for approximately the same price!!

weight...HP 1.9kg and Mac 2.13kg.. hmms 200grams okay..maybe its not that big a diff.. haha

operating system.. Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard.. i quite liked their operating system last time.. haha in fact i did the stardock thing last time.. (i think daryl is using that now?? hahaha) tho it last barely a month cos it lagged my lappie like madd.. hahah i didnt mind the switch over to Mac OS initially... and then.. when i see the new Window 7.. wooo.. its really quite impressive! of course will all the praises from cg who's the first Windows 7 user i know.. hahah with two great operating systems i was stuck.. until i tot of.. why on earth am i rushing to get a new laptop? basically for all the freaking individual assignments and projects and presentations im gonna get from just two freaking disgusting 301 and 311 modules.. i need a new lappie.. and for that fact.. i realise i cant survive with my dearest microsoft office.. and soo.... i was swayed towards Windows 7... especially with its new interface...

so after all that troubling and thinking for some time... making sure that everything falls within my budget and to achieve lowest cost for the best stuff.. (omg like the first time im gonna feel the pain.. investing such a big sum of money in something which i know will depreciate so damn fast.. ): ) i guess the big thing that make me make a choice was....

MACBOOK NO LONGER COMES IN MATTE BLACK!! )): omgg.. how could they stop producing it!! thats like the first thing i like about macbook..the matte black.. ): and abit about the fact that they transform Macbook white with the unibody design from macbook pro to make it more durable.. i actually like the box-y feeling of the old Macbook.. ):

anyway....i guess its gonna be HP Pavilion dm3-1015TX ! (: hopefully i can get it at the lowest price possible and if not with more good freebies... HAHAHAH! just kidding..

cant believe first week of school is over...

just

like

that..

loveee catching up with dears at timbre last night.. somehow we seem to fall into similar situations and it kind of makes me feel that... at least im not alone.. (: haha and i think i have said a hundred times... but i still wanna say.. THANKEW SO MUCH FOR THE ELECTRIC BLUE BAG!! its really a surprise cos i just kind of said... omg this bag is so pretty la!! haha but anw i really loveee it!! (:

remembered at 22:17

--------

20100114

remembered at 22:52

--------

20100113

still find it quite hard to believe what happened.. knowing how cheerful and smiley you were last time. the news was just too shocking and hard to believe.. that things happened the way it was written.. though we might not been the closest friends.. i still rmb you in my ny days.. how you like to sing.. your favourite band was shin.. how we used to take 74 home together.. and you were our class monitress.. you'll always be remembered.. i hope you have found what you have been searching for.. and that you are truly happy.. rest in peace..

remembered at 01:22

--------

20100111

okay. you really died. ):

i never felt so sad when my gadgets spoil... maybe cos you're my first lappie and you accompanied me through my hall days and all the shitty projects and presentations..all the hongkong taiwan jap dramas and movies.. and now u died ): the hp guy told me my graphic card burnt and i have to change the entire motherboard... quotation 900 odd for the motherboard and plus plus its almost 1k over ): guess that means i just have to get a new lappie.. i wonder if anyone feels sad getting a new lappie... cos i don't quite feel the happiness of getting a new one ): its gonna burn a hole in my wallet... 2months of tuition for a new lappie.. and no more grad trip for me.. and thank goodness i didnt get any of those bags.. if not i'll be totally regretting now.. ): what a start for 2010...

luckily there's wasnt much pple at hp today..and the guy was glad to attend to my dad and me for pretty long.. haha he told us abt getting new laptops which ones and where to get would be better.. how to retrieve my hdd myself.. (and i manage to get the hdd casing for just 10bucks downstairs.. hp sells them at 20bucks! haha..) he even offer to check with his fren who recycle electronics.. so we might be able to sell my lappie for 150 - 200 better than giving it to the karang guni and getting 20bucks for it.. hahah..

zzzzz..... time to start looking at lappies ):

misunderstandings.....

remembered at 15:05

--------

20100109

please please PLEASE DONT DIE ON ME!! )):

decided to switch on my desktop.. after trying to switch on my laptop for like three times.. and all i heard was 3 beeping sound everytime the blue lights came on.. but the screen still remain black ): HELPP!! the last thing i wanna get is a new laptop... ):

remembered at 01:24

--------

after much hesitation.. and trouble of going from town to queensway and back to town again..hahah (im really sorry for making you travel up and down the whole day..especially when both of us woke up freaking early in the morning and squeeze with the morning crowd on the bus..THANKEW! [: ) i decided to get...

THE RED ONE!

loveee it!

(((:

remembered at 01:17

--------

20100107

McDonald's removes pig from Chinese Zodiac Doraemon soft toy promo because they are Halal restaurant.

NO PIG?! :O

remembered at 17:19

--------

A Tinge Of Sadness

There is always a tinge of sadness
when something comes to an end
whatever that may be.
An affair that has ended
leaves a void in your life
as two hearts depart.
The end of a novel
and the characters you’ve loved
drift off into the sunset of their lives.
A holiday that has brought pleasure,
now an end to a relaxing time.
Each end with a tinge of sadness
because they will never come again.
At least never in the same way
no matter what you do.

David Harris

remembered at 15:28

--------

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

It feels alot more painful than i thought.

THREE marks for amaths paper.. single digit - 3 omg.. hahahh...i have no idea how she got that when she attempted all the qns.. at least that's what she told me. and what's wrong with schools nowadays not returning exam scripts. how on earth are we gonna figure out what went wrong. wth. haha.. to drop or not to drop.. not the most encouraging but we both felt it was better to drop.. rather than struggling and risk the other subjects that she can do well.. haha tho her aunt think otherwise.. arwell.. its all depending on her mock exams next week.. lets get a pass for emaths! crossing my fingers (:

eeeks... wed morning elective! i feel like su-ing and ponning alr.. there goes my two day week ): and week 1 slides are alr posted up! last semester in school.. surprisingly i dont feel much of the sian-school's-starting-next-week.. but rather.. a tinge of saddness..

remembered at 15:17

--------

When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life.

remembered at 15:09

--------

20100105

after going broke from buying clothes.. BAGS.. SHOES.. (when will i ever get enough of this two.. hahah..) and random little things.. i got myself two books! (: felt so bored the whole holidays without my two tutees to occupy my time.. besides playing bejeweled like 50% of the time when im ao.. and surfing random blogs.. i basically didnt do much the entire holidays! then suddenly when school's starting next week.. i feel like watching 下一站, 幸福 and to just snuggle in bed and read (:

Duet by Kimberley Freeman

grabbed this off the shelf at times bookfair.. the books were cheappp! mostly ranging from 5 to 10.. but mostly old titles.. haha this book is HUGE.. its like bigger than a4 size when its opened. haha as usual...book covers attract me and so does the summary at the back..(:

Two Women
In a tiny German village, young Ellie nurtures glittering fantasies of the opera stage. Her uncontrollable ambition sets her on a path of deception, greed and regret. In London, teenage runaway Angie transforms herself into Penny Bright, darling of the pop scene. But a violent attack leaves her crippled by fear and drug addiction.
Twenty Years
One will steal the other’s life and lose her greatest love. One will try to run from her past but will ultimately have to confront her darkest memories. But both of their lives are linked through the ambitious schemes of a record producer.
One Guilty
Secret From the London glam-rock scene to the opera stages of Europe, from a
remote Greek island to the sun-drenched coast and silent outback of Australia, this duet’s final notes will not be sung until the heart-stopping climax, when a shadow from the past returns to claim them both.

Handle with care by Jodi Picoult

haha wasn't the book i wanted to buy at first.. spotted Change of heart at first.. second time i picked up that book cos i really like the summary at the back.. (: but there was no sale ): then came across this book.. which happens to be her latest book.. on sale at rm25.. so i guess why not! (: the summary sounds great too (:

When Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe’s daughter, Willow, is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, they are devastated – she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. As the family struggles to make ends meet to cover Willow’s medical expenses, Charlotte thinks she has found an answer. If she files a wrongful birth lawsuit against her ob/gyn for not telling her in advance that her child would be born severely disabled, the monetary payouts might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. But it means that Charlotte has to get up in a court of law and say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she’d known about the disability in advance – words that her husband can’t abide, that Willow will hear, and that Charlotte cannot reconcile. And the ob/gyn she’s suing isn’t just her physician – it’s her best friend.

all this reminded me of a really really great book..

The Pact by Jodi Picoult

For eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty-- they've grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends, so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. They've been soul mates since they were born.
So when midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the appalling truth: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There's a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris took from his father's cabinet-- a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris has described.

Best part of this book... great ending (:

remembered at 21:07

--------