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Last day of work, Laptops, cell phones
Sep. 30th, 2008 06:32 pmSo first things first, I guess. I finished my job at the restaurant, which pleases me. I'll miss some of the customers, but there are a lot of things I won't miss (being perpetually short-staffed, peopel thinking I'm Chinese, people saying "when did you come here, your English is so good!", people asking me where I'm from...). I almost feel bad because the other girl that I work with up and quit with no notice...but on the other hand, I gave my two weeks. Plus, my new job starts next week, and I wouldn't really have time for both.
I'm may be looking for a laptop - I'm (tentatively) planning on purchasing one in the next month or so (as in, at the end of October-ish), which is sort of exciting.Thoughts on where to go/what to get? I do like the Macbook and (especially the) Macbook Pro, even with student pricing, they are a bit out of the planned budget, of about a grand (the macbook is very close though). Plus, everything else I use is a PC and don't need compatibility angst. That said, I do like them. The other plus is that if I stay in research and in the biology field Macs seem to be the computer of choice (at least here), and it could potentially be more handy in the future.
In the other corner is PC, which I'm used to, can get XP pro and Office 2003 discs from my mom's work which would eliminate any Vista/Office 2007 (or 2008?) angst that may develop. I'm leaning toward Dell right now, but my dad might be able to get HP ones through work at cost which, of course, is tempting if he can, especially if it means I can buy something with specs that would normally be outside my price range. I'm leaning toward PCs, partly because of the familiarity, and partly because I do like the idea of being able to, essentially, custom build what I want on the Dell site (well, within my budget. That being said, the first time I played I wound up with a laptop that would cost about 2 grand. Whoops).
I'm a bit angsty about what to do with my desktop - whether I should keep it or not. I like the freedom and convenience of a laptop, but when I want to do work, I like the desktop - I think because I can't take it somewhere comfortable where I'd do less studying.
Thoughts? Recommendations?
The other big step I may be taking is buying (my first) cell phone. I figured I should join the 21st century with the rest of you. So, Canadians - service provider recommendations? Anyone dealt with Roger's? I'm currently looking at them, because AFAIK Bell and Telus are the two with the stupid text message charge (unless that has changed?). Not that I'm planning to do or recieve much texting, but still. Anyway. Yes. Phone recs, and for Canadians, service provider recs.
I'm may be looking for a laptop - I'm (tentatively) planning on purchasing one in the next month or so (as in, at the end of October-ish), which is sort of exciting.Thoughts on where to go/what to get? I do like the Macbook and (especially the) Macbook Pro, even with student pricing, they are a bit out of the planned budget, of about a grand (the macbook is very close though). Plus, everything else I use is a PC and don't need compatibility angst. That said, I do like them. The other plus is that if I stay in research and in the biology field Macs seem to be the computer of choice (at least here), and it could potentially be more handy in the future.
In the other corner is PC, which I'm used to, can get XP pro and Office 2003 discs from my mom's work which would eliminate any Vista/Office 2007 (or 2008?) angst that may develop. I'm leaning toward Dell right now, but my dad might be able to get HP ones through work at cost which, of course, is tempting if he can, especially if it means I can buy something with specs that would normally be outside my price range. I'm leaning toward PCs, partly because of the familiarity, and partly because I do like the idea of being able to, essentially, custom build what I want on the Dell site (well, within my budget. That being said, the first time I played I wound up with a laptop that would cost about 2 grand. Whoops).
I'm a bit angsty about what to do with my desktop - whether I should keep it or not. I like the freedom and convenience of a laptop, but when I want to do work, I like the desktop - I think because I can't take it somewhere comfortable where I'd do less studying.
Thoughts? Recommendations?
The other big step I may be taking is buying (my first) cell phone. I figured I should join the 21st century with the rest of you. So, Canadians - service provider recommendations? Anyone dealt with Roger's? I'm currently looking at them, because AFAIK Bell and Telus are the two with the stupid text message charge (unless that has changed?). Not that I'm planning to do or recieve much texting, but still. Anyway. Yes. Phone recs, and for Canadians, service provider recs.