Dell Exchange Laptop Has Arrived

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My replacement laptop from Dell arrived via FedEx today, and I’ve been spending a good chunk of the day today configuring everything on my new laptop. My previous laptop was a Dell Inspiron 1764, and the replacement I received is a Dell Inspiron 17R (N7010).

Spec-wise, this one is noticeably better – it has a slightly better processor and two more gigabytes of memory. I also installed a 64-bit operating system onto this one, which leads me to my tip of the day.

If your computer or laptop has more than 3 GB of memory (RAM), use a 64-bit operating system.

I thought the most memory 32-bit operating systems could handle was 4 GB, not 3 GB, so I had a 32-bit operating system installed on my previous laptop. I realized today that my laptop detected all 4 GB but could only use 3 GB, which meant that for the past 9 months, 1 GB of memory was just sitting in my laptop idly doing nothing.

I also installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a separate partition and actually got it to work. I remember trying to install Ubuntu a handful of years ago, but gave up because I couldn’t get the Internet to work. I had the same problem with the Internet not cooperating very much, but I somehow managed to get it to work. I’m actually blogging from Ubuntu right now.

In other news, it was really hot today, and the fact that my room is on the second floor and I have two laptops running at the same time with processor-intensive tasks like compressing .iso files to .daa files to save space on my external hard drive on one computer while installing tons of software on the other made it worse. If you want some fried eggs, feel free to stop by my room and crack a raw egg over my desk; I’m sure it’s hot enough in here to cook it.

I’m going to head off to bed early tonight; I have some work to do tomorrow, and I’m waiting for another package. I will be at the family business tomorrow for a good chunk of the day, so I’m sure I’ll find plenty of time tomorrow to post some more content on my blog.

And, no “Keeping Track” section today – I’ll do that when I’m done setting up my new laptop.

 

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