My world isn't perfect but it's real close. I work part time for a software development company based out of Seattle. This past month was the slowest in the 18 months I have worked there.
In a Skype conversation with my boss a few weeks ago I mentioned I wanted to get a somewhat powerful laptop computer that would work well for work when I am away from home. Two weeks ago Fedex delivered an Acer 5741 Laptop computer to my door. My boss had shipped it saying since my month was slow this laptop would boost it up a bit. I was overjoyed. Further conversation revealed he found it in a local computer store and bought 3 of them at a good price.
I've been totally impressed with the performance of this computer. It has an Intel I5 2.26 Ghz cpu (that will turbo boost to 2.53 Ghz when load dictates it.), 4 GB DDR3 ram and a 320 GB hard drive. Out of the box performance was excellent. However, I insist on having a solid state drive in all of my Notebook computers for the additional performance and battery efficiency they provide. So I replaced the hard drive with an OCZ Agility II 60 GB solid state drive. This change resulted in a huge improvement in performance. I love booting it up and having Windows 7 ready to go to work in 25 seconds.
Some might argue that restricting myself to 60GB of storage isn't prudent. I don't find it limiting at all. With all the software I need installed I still have 33 GB of storage available. Working for a company immersed in cloud computing I have the ability to store files on the company server, my own home server, a 50 gb Drop Box account as well as a number of USB storage drives.
This is one computer that I have integrated well into my computer arsenal.
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