Are We Having Fun, Yet?

Why am I such a geek? My ancient, heavy Gateway laptop keeps on working. Notice how the word 'ancient' is used for portable technology which is four years old. It serves a useful purpose but I still quietly wish it'd die, so I could justify buying a new, little netbook. I expect that in 2009, one will be produced which matches my desire for a trade off between power and price.

Anyway, back to being geeky. I use my laptop when I'm teaching. Every corner of the BCIT campus has a strong wifi signal. I am only in the computer lab with my class one day per week; however, I'm in regular classrooms for the other three. I like having access to my online course materials while I'm teaching. So, I still use the tired, old Gateway often.

Today, on a lark, I decided to download and install the beta of Windows 7. Why do I enjoy goofing around with things such as this? As there's nothing of much importance on the laptop, I assumed it'd make an excellent testbed.

Installation went swimmingly, whereas the machine's configuration prevented me from ever being able to load Microsoft Visa on it. The only problem at the moment is Windows 7 couldn't find drivers for the wireless controller. I'm going to have to search around to see if I can find something which will work. If not, then the usefulness of the installation will be nil. I think the beta will expire in August anyway. This isn't really fun, is it?