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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Posted by Ms Faizah

As usual, I didn’t update the blog for a few months. Since my last post, I was busy with a few things.

First, I had to study for my exams which were around end of May and I really studied for 2 weeks morning till night and I was so glad that I passed the exams. Second, a couple of days after the exams, I fell sick…nothing serious…just flu, cold and cough but I really had a hard time with the coughing. I was serving my notice with the library and I had to take medical leave because I was really sick. Oh, I didn’t mention in any earlier post that I applied for another job in late Feb 09, went for interview in late Mar 09 and was accepted in late Apr 09 and I joined my new job late Jun 09.

Wow…the whole process took 4 months. I am an educator now and that means teaching!! So far so good and I find the job is to my liking and I am not missing working at the library. It feels so good to go to the library and not workJ.

I am into my 3rd week of work now and in another 2 months; I’ll be on 3 months full-time course at NIE to teach me how to teach.

When I left library, my ex-colleagues gave me a few gifts. I especially like the pendant watch and the wallet. I told one of my colleague I want a wallet with many pockets and she really got it for me hahaha and I love it.






One more thing…I bought a netbook!!!! It is Acer Aspire One D250 and I bought it at Challenger for S$688. No reason to buy it but I felt like having a netbook so I bought one. Basically the specs for all netbooks are the same and below are pictures and the specs for my netbook. Info retrieved from www.acer.com.sg.

Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition , Intel® Atom™ processor N280 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache) , Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset , Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Certified® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology , 1GB RAM , 160GB HDD , Multi-in-1 card reader , 10.1" WSVGA high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD (1024 X 600 pixel resolution) , Integrated Acer CrystalEye webcam , Two built-in stereo speakers , 1.27kg with 6-cell battery

List Price: $899
Promotional Price: $688

Operating System

Platform

  • Intel® Atom™ processor N280 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache)
  • Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset

System memory

  • Single channel with one soDIMM slot
  • DDR2 SDRAM memory interface design
  • soDIMM slot: 1GB DDR2 RAM
    Supports 512 MB / 1 GB / 2 GB soDIMMs for total system memory of up to 2 GB

Display

  • 10.1" SD 1024 x 600 (WSVGA) pixel resolution, high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite™ LED-backlit TFT LCD

Storage

  • 2.5" 9.5 mm 160 GB hard disk drive
  • Multi-in-1 card reader

Audio

  • High-definition audio support
  • Two built-in stereo speakers
  • MS-Sound compatible
  • Built-in digital microphone

Communication

  • Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting 0.3 megapixel resolution
  • WLAN: Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
  • LAN: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet
  • WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Dimensions and weight

  • 258.5 (W) x 184 (D) x 25.4 (H) mm (10.17 x 7.24 x 1 inches)
  • 1.27 kg with 6-cell battery pack

Color choices

  • Sapphire Blue
  • Seashell White
  • Diamond Black
  • Ruby Red

Power

  • 30 W adapter with power cord
  • Product Safety Electric Appliance and Materials (PSE) certified for battery pack
  • 48.8 W 4400 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack
    • up to 6-hour battery life

Special keys and controls

  • 84-/85-/88-key keyboard, 89% of standard-size keyboard, , 1.6 mm (minimum) key travel
  • Multi-gesture touchpad pointing device with two buttons, supporting:
    • Circular-motion scrolling
    • Pinch-action zoom
    • Page flip
  • 12 function keys, four cursor keys, one Windows® key for Windows® XP Home, hotkey controls, embedded numeric keypad, international language support
  • Power button with LED
  • Easy-access WLAN switch with LED
  • Easy-launch Bluetooth® key

I/O ports

  • Three USB 2.0 ports
  • External display (VGA) port
  • Headphone/speaker/line-out jack
  • Microphone-in jack
  • Ethernet (RJ-45) port
  • DC-in jack for AC adapter

Software

  • Productivity applications:
    • Acer Recovery Management
    • Microsoft® Works Work SE 9 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
    • Google Toolbar™
    • Google Desktop™
    • Google™ Setup
    • Adobe® Reader® 9
    • Adobe® Flash® Player 10
    • Microsoft®.NET Framework 2.0
    • Customized Internet Explorer® 7.0
    • eSobi
    • Carbonite online backup
  • McAfee® Internet Security Suite (60-day trial)
  • Acer Game Zone
  • Communication/ISP applications:
    • Acer Video Conference Manager 4.0
    • Windows Live™ Essentials — Wave 3 (Mail, Photo Gallery, Live™ Messenger, Writer)

Warranty

  • One-year International Travelers Warranty (ITW)





1 comments:

ijyn said...

Ohh! U've got a new toy! I'm eyeing one now...hehe!

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