This is the first post I am writing with my new laptop. After unpacking, installing a new, larger and faster hard drive & increasing the ram all that was left to do was to re-install the operating system. Naturally that was the easy part (pictures here).

What to do with a new laptop?

The rest of the day was spent on an installing fest… All the large and small programs that make up a basic functioning computer. This is then followed by the really high intensive work of fine tuning the software to make it feel right at home. You know the kind of thing, adding bookmarks, arranging themes, transferring files. Time consuming but necessary work.