Wasney's Blog » bestbuy http://www.w45n3y.com | live | die | post | enjoy | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:06:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc The Asus u81 http://www.w45n3y.com/the-asus-u81/ http://www.w45n3y.com/the-asus-u81/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:09:50 +0000 Wasney http://www.w45n3y.com/?p=209 9366562_raFor the last several weeks I have been thinking about getting a new computer, mainly for school. I have been using a old Emachine for the last year, ever since my Compaq Presario died (motherboard short). It was between a custom desktop, a Asus U50 laptop designed more more the desk and gaming, and the Asus U81. As you can tell from the title of the post I went with the U81. The main reason I chose this laptop was battery life, and portability.

Bestbuy quotes around 7 hours of battery life. I was skeptic at first, since most companies are about 0.5-1 hours off on their estimated. And I was right, at first. Using Windows Vista Premium I was getting about 5 hours with battery saver on in Power4Gear. With is off it was about 2 and a half. Not bad, since the laptop is going to be used mainly between classes (1-2 hours) or at home, and can be plugged in either way.

That all changed when I installed Windows 7 Pro. I was able to get it through my school (SVSU, MI) for free. I guess it is included in 9366562cv2amy tuition or something. After a hour or two of dicking around, getting drivers and programs installed, Windows 7 estimated a whopping 7.8 hours in power save mode (using Power4Gear), and 4.3 hours in performance mode. Truthfully, those numbers are a little off, by about 30 minutes. But still…

Expect a bunch more information to follow soon about the Asus U81. A review is in the works, and I am going to try out Ubuntu 9.04 as well. Not to mention a review on Windows 7!

Quick Spec Sheet, quoted off BestBuy.com:

Images and Spec sheet borrowed from BestBuy.com

]]> http://www.w45n3y.com/the-asus-u81/feed/ 4 Get Your Instinct at BESTBUY! http://www.w45n3y.com/get-your-instinct-at-bestbuy/ http://www.w45n3y.com/get-your-instinct-at-bestbuy/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:35:58 +0000 Wasney http://www.w45n3y.com/?p=109 Me holding my new InstictSo, if you read my previous post you know that I failed to acquire a Sprint Samsung Instinct via Web purchase and Phone order. But if you look to the right…I have one! How yo may ask? Read on…

Earlier today my friends and I went to Bestbuy to buy a new digital camera. And buy the way, he picked up a Sony Handy cam…Pretty nice camera for only $235…

Anyways, I was roaming Bestbuy, and learned that they sell cell phones from many different carriers, including Sprint. So I got up the nerve and asked a pretty cool buy named Bill what I could do…After about a hour of him bouncing around the same telemarketers in India ( Sprint Customer Support ) he managed to get me the Instinct for $129, a LG Rumor ( for my brother ), and a family plan with UNLIMITED everything, besides talk time ( got 1500 shared minutes ) for $129 a month. Not bad at all…And there were NO cancellation fees from Nextel, or activation fees from Sprint…Good deal or what.

So, if your in the Saginaw, MI area, and want a new cell phone, hit up Bill at Bestbuy…if you want the Instinct wait a week…I bought the last one :D

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