Budgeting…
Well, like many, I would rather like an Asus eee pc. Not just because it runs Linux and is cheap – because my main laptop now only gets about an hour’s battery life, which of course is pants. A new battery from Dell would be approaching half the cost of the eee, and this laptop (15.4-incher) isn’t exactly ultra-portable. Even with Ubuntu it takes a little time to load up, poor thing, and for note-taking in lectures and society meetings I’d want something I can turn on and off quickly.
I think, having made a budget for this term’s major spending, I might be able to afford one. Might. This worries me somewhat. It means I’m likely to buy one.
