new computer!

[nibot]

My new work computer, a ThinkPad T410, finally arrived at LSU! I went to pick it up this morning with the complete entourage of parents and the little dog.

It's running Windows 7. I plan to blow this away in favor of Ubuntu, but for now I'm giving Windows a little test-drive. It seems not too bad, in the sense that it generally stays out of the way.

I installed Google Chrome and Mozilla Thunderbird immediately. Unfortunately I can't do any actual work on it until I get Matlab installed--tomorrow night hopefully. Looking forward to getting down to business!

It doesn't have nearly the battery life of the tiny X-series, but I'm happy to have a powerful machine, as I've been doing some very CPU-intensive simulations lately.

Comments

[eigenvalue.livejournal.com]

this is the cutest photo ever.
are you in an elementary school or something?

[nibot.livejournal.com]

this is a serious research institution!!!

[in-alaska.livejournal.com]

yes it's a really really cute photo!

[vortexshedding.livejournal.com]

i LOVE this pic! and your dog is so freakin adorable! i hope we can meet one day for a doggie play-date. :)

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't believe how HUGE the cat looks now! And it seems rather odd that she doesn't want to curl up on my lap!