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It shall be established that my comp is a piece of crap
It shall also be established that I've written a first full-15-page paper! And it makes sense! And I read and cited 7 full sources! I'm, like, totally excited.
(Sure, I've written 15-page papers before, it's just that I actually like this one.)

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1) Procrastinatory thoughts:
Why do Cornish Pasties not come in Hot Pocket form?
Oh, and nifty archive of Meiji texts, in Japanese
2) "One’s sense of history inevitably tints one’s view of the world, just as the converse is equally true."

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So I called home and told mom my two choices: the Gateway and the iBook.

Today, dad called and said he looked around at Fry's and found these two:

Compaq r3425us, which is on sale for $899 until TOMORROW,
pros: super cheap, good video/screen
cons: 8.2 lbs, not DVD+-RW, about 2 hours battery life, fan constantly on

and HP dv1170us, which is being sold for $1299.
pros: DVD +-RW
cons: 8.1 lbs, 3 hour battery life. Wide screen all that hyped up to be?

Have you noticed, dad is a hp-fan.

Just called dad again. Dad sounded sad that I don't want an 8 lb laptop.

So what's the difference between a souped-up iBook and a normal powerBook? I've been warned against powerBooks. Is it justified?

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Final Decision by parents: Gateway. Ah, the cheap but promising deal