Its Been Awhile

Well the dust has finally settled. Just checking myself for wounds and surprisingly I'm still in one piece. Woohoo! Dunno about you guys lah, but I think the "m2" blogs will eventually find their way to being updated again. I mean with everybody split up and all, what better way to keep in contact? Unless of course we shamelessly decide to spam the yahoo groups hur hur.

CSFC imho is a rite of initiation. The dawn of a new age. The passing of noobish medical students to weary but proficient ones. Enjoy the ride . Was damn amused to see people frantically copying tips on how to relate to people. "Positive reinforcement with posture" & "Empathy is very important!". Tis a damn sad day if we have to teach people how to be people.

Oh btw for those that have had their heads in their books up till now... a quick update. C&C 3 rocks. And Yes MedicusGuber & Som , your 6600GTs can run it, flawlessly I might add. Supreme Commander (The sequal to Total Anhillation) rocks even more, but is a bi*ch to master. And lastly the expansion to Oblivion is hilariously good. If you ever need a distraction from csfc look me up.

The following paragraphs are mindless details about laptops. If you have no interest in em, turn away now.

Ordered a Laptop from Dell a few days back. Seems if you order online, Dell offers a $500 rebate. How do they do that you ask?? Simple. Prices in Singapore are super overpriced for laptops. Especially the more powerful Rigs. I mean seriously, take for example the Asus G1 (the best portable 15.4" Gaming Laptop, Dual Core 2.0 Ghz Geforce 7700 2GB Ram), costs $3500+ locally and comes with a WXGA+ screen. If I order it online from US and import it to singapore, it arrives within 5 working days of them receiving the order. And Get this... with delivery charges included and coverting $US to SGD, it comes up to $3200 AND they give a WSXGA+ screen which as higer resolution than the WXGA+. So seriously if you're intending to get a laptop that isnt covered by the discount given to NUS students, you might want to consider importing your laptop from the US. And yes, most major laptop companies, ASUS, DELL etc do provide international warrenties. For the people who don't want to get a Dell XPS 1710 or the scary Alienware laptops with Dual (Yes DUAL) Geforce 7950 512mb Graphics Cards because Singapore just doesnt carry spare parts for the Dell 1710 and Asia doesnt even have an Alienware office, the next best option is customising a Dell Inspiron 9400. A 17" Laptop, Dual Core 2.0Ghz Geforce 7900GS 2GB Ram with Vista Premium, cost me $3500. ($4000 before the $500 rebate) The Dell Inspiron also comes with a Express card slot, so you can always stick in higher end graphics cards when the Geforce 7900 gets obsolete.

Oh word of caution. The 17" laptops are generally mean as Desktop replacements.In other words, they are pretty darn big and weigh at least 3.5kg. But if you consider that nowadays all we carry is a Browse or TalleyO'Conner, that weight might be tolerable. Otherwise I would recomend 15.4" laptops like the Asus G1 (which weighs a heavy 3.1kg for a 15.4") or if you want to sacrifice graphics power for weight, go for the Sony Vaio. Or on an even brighter note, might wanna wait a couple of months. Cos the Asus G1 has already been out for like 5 months. Taking into consideration the speed at which techno is advancing, its seriously a matter of months before the 8000+ series of graphics cards find their way into the 15" or the weight of existing rigs decreases.