New laptop

I helped Juliane pick out (then setup) a new laptop today. No surprise, it's an HP. 2GHz Turion, 15.4" widescreen, 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive, 8x dual layer DVD burner, 802.11b/g. In typical HP fashion it feels solid, has all the nice switches and indicators, and the best touchpad in the industry. And new it was just $799. Just another reason why they've passed Dell to become the number 1 computer seller?

Just ask Paul.

It's more or less the newer version of mine. Yes, jealous I am.

Oh, and as if I needed another reason to love Picasa: Moving her photo library to the new laptop was smooth thanks to the slick Picasa backup and restore functionality.