New laptop...

I've got my new laptop, and I've been spending a little bit of time moving in, so-to-speak. In fact, I've barely begun. However, when I've finished, this will be my "desktop" as well as my laptop. Life should be quite a bit easier as I won't need to move data between two machines.

The docking station is pretty nice. My only disapppointment is that the networking doesn't work with my business laptop. I've got a Compaq N610C for work and I picked up a HP zt3000 (custom) laptop for personal use. The port replicator is compatible for these machines - which is great. Except that the networking doesn't work with the N610C. The monitor, keyboard, and mouse work - as well as the power, of course.

I initially reported this as a bad port replicator, and I was hoping/assuming that I was right. In fact, the tech support guys that I talked to thought so. However, no such luck! I still haven't called back HP on this - I probably should.

OTOH, the new laptop is really cool. Widescreen and phenominal picture quality. My son and I just watched Sinbad on it at the kitchen table. Pretty cool - and I still had an hour of battery life left. Maybe I'll actually be able to eke out more than four hours on the battery. That'd be really cool!!