I finally caved and got a new computer.

The old one was about four to five years old and it was slow to begin with. I got sucked into it by the price. It was reasonable for me at that time, about a 1K for a 13″ laptop, i5 with a 500gb fusion drive type of thing, where a part of it was SSD for fast boot and the rest was a regular drive. It came with about 8 gbs of RAM and I upgraded it to 12.

Still slow. No amount of RAM that I threw at it would have done anything to fix it. None. Zero.

I managed to do with with it. It was fine for what I was doing, which was writing and doing my weekly finger taps and just basic surfing. Easy peasy. Nothing too much that needs to be done.

But now, enough is enough. Time to upgrade. Time to just man up and get a better machine. I knew exactly what I wanted in terms of specs and that’s what I got.

My budget was higher than what it was, but technology is getting cheaper and cheaper.

My basic needs are simple, a fast machine, i7, with at most 500gb of storage space, and a very high resolution screen with at least 12gb of RAM.

This Asus Zenbook fit the bill for a reasonable price. It has everything that I needed in the machine at a very very good price.

I have since retired my Samsung. I put it in the closet waiting for me to not be lazy and just completely remove my account and fix it to give it to mom so she can do whatever she wants to do with it.

This new beast should be able to last me for at least another four or five years.

Honestly, my needs aren’t much at all. Just something that works and is fast.

* * *

With something new, there are some learning pains.

The trackpad isn’t as good as I want and it seems that the keyboard is a little slow, but these are things that I can live with.

The motion gestures for the trackpad is what I am use to, but the response at times is wonky and there’s no setting for where I can adjust the sensitivity to it. I’m betting it is a software thing and not a hardware thing. Who knows?

But it works. There’s a lot of screen real estate with the 3200 x 1800 px resolution. I can actually have the full mini player on for Spotiamb.

Another reason why I had to get a new laptop was that I was going to do a lot more work work on it. It’ll give me the mobility to work anywhere in the office and show off things that I developed on SharePoint, instead of having to rely on the mini in the conference rooms.

I usually have my work stuff on my laptop or on my computer. I’d just OneDrive it and call it a day.

Just easier.

The resolution definitely will help me with the web development. It’s a win win.

Win win indeed.

* * *

Today’s entry is mostly a test of the new laptop.

Familiarizing my fingers with the new keys. The pressure it requires to type something. The flow of the trackpad. The speed of the keys and typing.

It’s me, trying to get a good feel of it and see how I can work around and adjust to the new system.

For the most part, it is okay. I can deal and I’m okay with it.

Learning pains.

* * *

Work has been good this week.

There were many wins.

I got Steve what he needed in terms of the tagging site and that cut down that second half workflow that I wasn’t aware it. It will still require a little front end work, but it’s not bad.

Win win.

Things seem to be at a calm and everything seems to be more manageable.

Things are good and I’m happy.

There’s still quite a bit of work left to do and still some issues, but that’s the whole thign about learning and rolling out a new system to the agency. Different groups have different ways of working and this is what happens, we learn about things that doesn’t work out quite well and we’ll have to figure out some workarounds.

It is what it is.

* * *

I don’t have much planned today but my normal of chilling and cooking.

Just chill and cook.

Instant Pot Hainan Chicken and Garlic Eggplant with some baby broccoli.

Nothing too fancy. I’m just curious to see how the IP handles the whole chicken.

I mean, I can get a chicken done in 11 minutes? That’s something that I need to see. It’ll be interesting to see if it really works. I hope it works.

* * *

The Italy trip is fast approaching and I need to focus on doing research and what to do.

Gonna focus on that for the next few weeks and plan this shit out.

I finally caved and got a new computer.

The old one was about four to five years old and it was slow to begin with. I got sucked into it by the price. It was reasonable for me at that time, about a 1K for a 13″ laptop, i5 with a 500gb fusion drive type of thing, where a part of it was SSD for fast boot and the rest was a regular drive. It came with about 8 gb of RAM and I upgraded it to 12.

Still slow. No amount of RAM that I threw at it would have done anything to fix it. None. Zero.

I managed with it. It was fine for what I was doing, which was writing and doing my weekly finger taps and just basic surfing. Easy peasy. Nothing too much that needs to be done.

But now, enough is enough. Time to upgrade. Time to just man up and get a better machine. I knew exactly what I wanted in terms of specs and that’s what I got.

My budget was higher than what it was, but technology is getting cheaper and cheaper.

My basic needs are simple, a fast machine, i7, with at most 500gb of storage space, and a very high resolution screen with at least 12gb of RAM.

This Asus Zenbook fit the bill for a reasonable price. It has everything that I needed in the machine at a very very good price.

I have since retired my Samsung. I put it in the closet waiting for me to not be lazy and just completely remove my account and fix it to give it to mom so she can do whatever she wants to do with it.

This new beast should be able to last me for at least another four or five years.

Honestly, my needs aren’t much at all. Just something that works and is fast.

* * *

With something new, there are some learning pains.

The trackpad isn’t as good as I want and it seems that the keyboard is a little slow, but these are things that I can live with.

The motion gestures for the trackpad is what I am use to, but the response at times is wonky and there’s no setting for where I can adjust the sensitivity to it. I’m betting it is a software thing and not a hardware thing. Who knows?

But it works. There’s a lot of screen real estate with the 3200 x 1800 px resolution. I can actually have the full mini player on for Spotiamb.

Another reason why I had to get a new laptop was that I was going to do a lot more work work on it. It’ll give me the mobility to work anywhere in the office and show off things that I developed on SharePoint, instead of having to rely on the mini in the conference rooms.

I usually have my work stuff on my laptop or on my computer. I’d just OneDrive it and call it a day.

Just easier.

The resolution definitely will help me with the web development. It’s a win win.

Win win indeed.

* * *

Today’s entry is mostly a test of the new laptop.

Familiarizing my fingers with the new keys. The pressure it requires to type something. The flow of the trackpad. The speed of the keys and typing.

It’s me, trying to get a good feel of it and see how I can work around and adjust to the new system.

For the most part, it is okay. I can deal and I’m okay with it.

Learning pains.

* * *

Work has been good this week.

There were many wins.

I got Steve what he needed in terms of the tagging site and that cut down that second half workflow that I wasn’t aware it. It will still require a little front end work, but it’s not bad.

Win win.

Things seem to be at a calm and everything seems to be more manageable.

Things are good and I’m happy.

There’s still quite a bit of work left to do and still some issues, but that’s the whole thing about learning and rolling out a new system to the agency. Different groups have different ways of working and this is what happens, we learn about things that doesn’t work out quite well and we’ll have to figure out some workarounds.

It is what it is.

* * *

I don’t have much planned today but my normal of chilling and cooking.

Just chill and cook.

Instant Pot Hainan Chicken and Garlic Eggplant with some baby broccoli.

Nothing too fancy. I’m just curious to see how the IP handles the whole chicken.

I mean, I can get a chicken done in 11 minutes? That’s something that I need to see. It’ll be interesting to see if it really works. I hope it works.

* * *

The Italy trip is fast approaching and I need to focus on doing research and what to do.

Gonna focus on that for the next few weeks and plan this shit out.