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exceeding lowered expectations

Dell reported to me when I ordered my machine that it would probably ship on or around Monday, June 13. You can imagine my surprise when I found it shipped on Wednesday—and it actually arrived in time for the weekend!

All silver linings have a cloud, though. The cloud in my case is the fact that Dell computers no longer come with an OS install CD. Instead, they have a "restore" partition that will re-image your hard drive. Fuck that—I want to be able to dual-boot. I called them up and talked to "Sam" (no, really, that's what he told me his name was), and convinced him to send me the system restore CD set.

I guess I can't worry about wiping and reinstalling until they get here, so in the meantime I'm going to "enjoy" my hot new Windows XP machine. My god Windows sucks my ass.

I'm not all complaints today, though. The NVidia 6800 is a beast of a video card, and this must be the most gorgeous display I've ever seen on any computer, period. This laptop is a fucking MONSTER, no doubt about it, but OMGSS!!1!one is it sexy.

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