Computer update---w00t!

HP feels really, really bad, and they are sending me a brand new tablet pc, apparently a newer, shinier, happier one. Yea!!

More like this

Since my laptop was stolen, it's time for me to think about getting a replacement. My last laptop was a tablet PC, a Toshiba M400 Portege, which was "Vista capable," which I'm pretty sure means that it was "just barely Vista capable." I loved having a tablet PC, but the Toshiba wasn't exactly…
So I've been dealing with a sick computer for a while now. It died ungracefully during ScienceOnline09, first giving me the dread blue screen of death, then giving me a black startup screen that said the pc equivalent of "piss off". My other computer is a mac, but the hospital's system isn't mac…
Ha ha, pathetic Canadians. They've put up their own creation "museum"—just look at it. It's feeble. It's like someone took a cheap suburban ranch-style home and put a sign on it and started charging admission to come take a look at their knick-knack shelf. Ha! We're #1! Our brand new American…
So, for the last several months, I've had a loaner tablet PC from our ITS department, that I used when teaching in the Winter and Spring terms. It's a Toshiba, and a few years old, but it worked pretty well for what I was doing. Since I've got some book money coming in, I'm looking to buy one for…

Why am I reminded of the conclusion to Larry Niven's The Patchwork Girl?

By D. C. Sessions (not verified) on 25 Feb 2009 #permalink

Cool! So, does this mean the PalCast will resume?!

awesome! it will be even better news once you have actually received said tablet PC.

Wow, nice.

I'll let my friend know. He is a computer I.T contractor and HP just bought his contract from his original company. They immediately docked the contractor's pay 5%. I'll let him know they are putting it to good use.

hmm... true story, but its supposed to be a light hearted jest. Its so hard to get across emotion in writing.

Grats on the new HP!!!