Sinabro

Sigh. I wanted to delay buying a new notebook as long as possible, given the grounds that GNU/Linux is gaining (so, in a while longer, there should be notebooks (of the caliber that I would want to buy) with GNU/Linux on it), and given that AMD is not performing particularly well just at the moment (since I am committed to buying an AMD notebook, not Intel).

But I don’t think my situation will allow for that. My notebook LCD, which have been slowly breaking (it started flicker at some point, say, when I open the lid), has broken to the point that small vibrations cause the LCD to flicker, and I am quite afraid that it might get to the point where either: 1) it won’t lit up any more; 2) the vibrations due to my typing might cause the LCD to flicker.

In that case, clearly using the notebook as the main computing device is not … advisable. (I would still love to see it as my home server and so on.)

Well, here’s my preliminary plan—as soon as my plans for the next academic year is set (I hope to remain in Berkeley), I will begin looking for the notebook replacement, for real. This will most likely mean I will gather tech news (such as, whether AMD plans on releasing a significant update, such as a quad core CPU for mobile devices) and start thinking of my whitebook configuration. Perhaps hunting for deals on replaceable parts such as memory.

“Congratulations! Your credit line has been increased to $7,000.00.”

Now I know what people say is true—credit companies are responsible for the general state of indebtedness that many Americans are in.

Although, in my case, I am only using it as an interest-free loan to get the 4% interest as the money sits in my savings account—that’s how it got started, that’s what I still claim it to be, and that’s what I hope will be, when the introductory period expires in December. But what if someone was using the card because he was living above his means and truly could not pay it all off each month? Some might argue that this is still better than not being able to make the ends meet, but isn’t this only delaying the inevitable, worsening the condition before its catastrophic end?

Oh, well. What do I care. I don’t plan on basing my career on details of financing.