laptop

If you're a uni student and you don't have some sort of portable device, whether it's a laptop, tablet, or one of the new combo devices like the Surface or a yoga-type laptop, life just isn't as easy.

I don't hate laptops, but if there is a day where my primary device is a laptop, it's not in the near future. I love my workstation to death and I would never give it up. That being said, there's a long list of reasons why I have been wanting a laptop. I ended up putting together a custom laptop, since I have my preferences (more-so than the average person, I think). I went with HP mostly because I wanted an AMD processor. I'm not a super tech-savvy person so my preference for AMD is mostly (completely) based off of bias. I bought it through Ebates during Black Friday weekend, so I got a pretty good deal.

I got the HP ENVY 15z-j100 Notebook PC (Energy Star) . The packaging was pretty good, and I got free shipping. There's one small ding on the corner but it's only cosmetic and not very noticeable. 

Here are the specs, if anyone cares:

• Windows 8.1 64
•  AMD Quad-Core A8-5550M Accelerated Processor
•  AMD Radeon HD Graphics
•  15.6-inch diagonal Full HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1920x1080)
•  6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
•  750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
•  No Additional Office Software
•  Security Software Trial
•  6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
•  No Internal DVD or CD Drive
•  Standard Keyboard
•  HP TrueVision HD Webcam w/ integrated digital mic
•  802.11b/g/n WLAN [1x1]

It doesn't have an optical drive, but that's not a big concern since I'll be using this mostly for school (and I don't even use the optical drive on my main pc that much). 

After Christmas, this, and my ipod, I think it's time to take a break from big spending, haha.

-Mary

Going try to update my blog a little more...maybe it will be a New Years resolution for 2014. It's mostly for my parents benefit (hi mom, don't forget to share this with dad) but also for anyone else that I find it hard to keep up with (everyone) and myself (horrible memory capacity).

Finals week is next week = gross :( right now I'm waiting for the line at subway to get shorter so I can get something to eat (really not in the mood to cook or do grocery shopping). I'm afraid that I'll loose my table if I get up though.

My birthday was last week; unfortunately is had to work. My roommate drew this up on our whiteboard for me. She also took me out to zoopas earlier in the week and let me have some of her cranberry orange bread. 

Birthday flowers from my parents. Apparently they were supposed to be pink...

Birthday selfie haha. Smiling because Black Friday week was finally over !!!

The snow is here... Not very excited about it. 

That's all for now, going to go buy my subway and go through some flash cards for one of my finals now.

Cheers

Mary

EDIT: I'm really loving EXO's new song, Miracles in December. I haven't gotten around to listening to the whole album yet (oops). I personally like the Chinese version better than the Korean (sorry Kyungsoo I love you); I think it's because the Chinese is softer and has a smoother flow. I swear Chen sounds better singing in Chinese.