...you always have to complete the OS install on a new machine, as far as I know. Since I don't want to leave this thing sitting out where a cat could jump on it, and screw up God knows what, it stays in its box until I know I've got enough time for the OS install to complete.
Not to mention deleting all the crapware and installing software I'll actually use.
I did take it out of the box long enough to make sure it was really in there, and it's a thing of beauty. It seemed like a shame to touch it without cotton gloves.
It's thinner and lighter than the laptop it replaces; prettier and more powerful, too. Yowza.
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I had much the same feeling, of course, when I got the new desktop last year, and in 2003 when I got the '86 Fiero, the project car. In the latter case my first day off after getting the car was a game day, and I spent all day Saturday playing D&D when I really wanted to be playing with the car, seeing what was wrong with it, why it didn't run, getting started on the big project!
Anyway, being an adult, I recognize the need to leave the fun stuff aside long enough to get the responsibilities out of the way, so I'm going to go to work tonight...but it's going to be a long night. I just hope it's not a hard one and that I've got some energy left to try out the new machine tomorrow, because otherwise it'll have to wait until Sunday.
*sigh*
Still, I'm really impressed by the speed with which it arrived; I ordered it Wednesday afternoon.
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And we now have counters in the kitchen. The guys came today and installed them; there are now only a few minor matters left to deal with, such as plumbing, which the construction guy will attend to--hopefully Saturday or Sunday, so we can have running water again and will no longer have to wash dishes in the bathroom sink.
It's only taken, what, a month? These things never seem to go very smoothly.
