Seven years ago I got my Dell Inspiron 600m. \u00a0It was my laptop for college. \u00a0Only today has it been officially replaced. \u00a0The 600m came with 512mb of memory, a 40 gig hard drive, and a 1.6 Pentium M Processor. \u00a0It was a blazing machine, but its day has passed.<\/p>\n
That laptop designed three versions of Billikens.com; \u00a0drafted an undergraduate and Masters thesis; connected the networks of: Parliament, \u00a0Kerry-Edwards 2004, the DLCC, a number of universities; wrote business and not-so-business emails; and created this blog.<\/p>\n
I am now on an HP dm4t. \u00a0The screen and keyboard are wide, but the machine is thinner and lighter. \u00a0Instead of the never used serial port it has one for HDMI. \u00a0It does not have a scratch across the screen due to a design flaw. \u00a0It likely will deal with more Political Science originated data than that for a political party. \u00a0Instead of grad school applications, it will write job applications. \u00a0It will present chapters of my dissertation and not state legislative campaign web sites for $40 a month. \u00a0Like its predecessors, it will edit a fan site devoted to Saint Louis University and play horrible music.<\/p>\n
In 2003, I could never foresee what the Inspiron 600m would do. \u00a0I don’t know if I ever really thought about it. \u00a0I think about what dm4t will produce, but I am sure my predictions are wrong. \u00a0We will just have to wait and find out.<\/p>\n
No matter what though…every computer I own will look like it runs Windows 95.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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