new laptop!

whoohoo, got me a new laptop.  well, laura let me buy a new laptop, but same end result.  it's a dell inspiron 11z, 11.6" screen, dual core processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive, with windows 7 home premium.  all for just under $500 (or $250 when you factor in the gift card we grabbed from our credit card points).

after taking off the crapware that comes pre-installed and loading up my software, he's running really nice.  battery life is estimated at 6.5 hours, and that seems to be a pretty good estimate.  overall, i'm quite pleased (bruno couldn't care less, of course).

--dave