{"id":2951,"date":"2009-06-27T11:38:14","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T17:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2009-06-27T11:41:59","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T17:41:59","slug":"chings-laptop-vs-brians-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=2951","title":{"rendered":"Ching’s Laptop vs. Brian’s Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, I purchased a laptop to replace my Dell Mini 9 that I had sold. After ordering a Lenovo that wouldn’t stay connected to the internet and returning it within 24 hours, I ordered a Dell Mini 12 that was on backorder for over a month. Finally canceled that order and ordered a Dell Inspiron 13 instead. <\/p>\n

In the meantime, during this whole ordeal, Brian’s laptop croaked so we had to get him a replacement. His laptop was ordered and arrived while I was waiting for the Dell Mini 12 order. He ended up getting a Dell Inspiron 15, which he is absolutely pleased with. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of our laptops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nMINE<\/u><\/th>\nBRIAN’S<\/u><\/th>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
processor<\/td>\nIntel Core 2 Duo T6400, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 2M L2 Cache<\/td>\nIntel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 2.0GHz 800Mhz, 1M L2 Cache<\/td>\nMine is better.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
operating system<\/td>\nWindows Vista Home<\/td>\nWindows Vista Ultimate with Bonus XP Professional (running on XP right now, but can switch back to Windows Vista anytime)<\/td>\nBrian wins this one.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
display and camera<\/td>\nGlossy, widescreen 13.3 inch LCD (1280×800) w\/ 2.0M pixel Camera<\/td>\nGlossy, widescreen 15.6 inch display (1366×768) w\/ Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam<\/td>\nMine is better.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
memory<\/td>\n3GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 2 DIMM<\/td>\n3GB, DDR2, 2 DIMM<\/td>\nSame.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hard drive<\/td>\n320G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive<\/td>\n250G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive<\/td>\nHa! Mine is bigger!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
internal optical drive<\/td>\n8X Slot Load CD \/ DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+\/-R Drive)<\/td>\n8X DVD+\/-RW Dual Layer Drive<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
battery<\/td>\n85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery<\/td>\n48 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wireless card<\/td>\nDell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card<\/td>\nDell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini Card<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bluetooth<\/td>\nDell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR)<\/td>\nDell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Module (2.1)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I think the rest of the boring details are the same. I think my computer is better, though. LOL. And, I got it for less. Of course, the $100 Dell coupon helped. =P<\/p>\n

I originally had serious reservations about Vista. I didn’t think I would like it. Actually, I thought it would be a pain and that I would absolutely hate it. Surprisingly, I like it a lot. I don’t mind being on Vista at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you know, I purchased a laptop to replace my Dell Mini 9 that I had sold. After ordering a Lenovo that wouldn’t stay connected to the internet and returning it within 24 hours, I ordered a Dell Mini 12 that was on backorder for over a month. Finally canceled that order and ordered a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[422,524],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2955,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions\/2955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}