New Laptop

Published
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Gagan Kaul
on October 6, 2005
in Gadgets, Musings, Reviews and Technopolis
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Here comes the first post from my new laptop HP dv1345 (from HP dv1000 series). It is a small little workhorse and I am getting excited about it as the days pass. (Pictures taken with Nokia 6680 camera phone).

HP dv1345

Got it on 3rd October, and it brought a good omen with it. I won the Intel Kismat ki Chaabi contest on the very next day. So now I would be treating myself to a new bike soon, thanks to the Intel promo that is going on India right now. It was a tough decision to make, as the grand prize is a cool gift voucher for INR 1 lac for the five options, viz. an International Tour courtesy Thomas Cook, Dubai Shopping Festival, Child Education Plan, Samsung Digital Home Range, and Bajaj Motorcycles. I opted for the motorcycle option, as I can buy two bikes for around 1.20 lacs, one for myself (yours truly desperately needs one as commuting is starting to become an expensive and painful proposition in autorickshaws). So would need to shell out 20k more and gift my younger brother a bike as well. Not a bad deal at all. I am on a new high ;-).

Coming back to Adam (yeah, that is what I am planning to name my laptop - name brings many connotations along with this being my first laptop), it has the following specs:

  • Intel Centrino 1.73 GHz
  • 60 Gb HDD
  • 512 RAM single module
  • DVD/CD +/- RW
  • Wifi 802.11 b/g
  • 14.1″ Wide Screen
  • Quick Play Functionality - a cool feature that lets you play music and watch DVDs without booting the laptop
  • Beautiful blue-lit keyboard
  • 3 USB Ports, 1 Firewire, 1 Card Reader (SD, MMC, XD, SM), 1 Network Card Adapter
  • HP Remote - Loved this. Can use this while watching movies, and can also do a windows shut down using the remote
  • Windows XP Home Edition

Here is a picture of the Brightview Screen:

Screen of HP dv1345

It weighs a decent 2.3 kgs and is not very heavy to carry. I will be writing a review on this soon. For now, I am hooked :-).

7 Responses to “New Laptop”

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  1. 1 Vani
    October 6, 2005 at 4:12 am

    Congrats on winning that intel kismat ki chabi - bike, and ur new laptop. Seems like this laptop is bringing u good luck.. Carry on!! how much was the laptop for???

  2. 2 Gagan Kaul
    October 6, 2005 at 4:49 am

    Thanks Vani. It cost me nearly sixty-five grands :-).

  3. 3 Jyoti
    October 13, 2005 at 2:48 am

    congrats ..on getting the laptop and winning the kismat ki chaabi contest …u shud have choosen the world tour

  4. 4 Priyankar
    December 5, 2005 at 10:40 am

    I just now got a call from Olympia Electronics Limited that i got a prize but they did not disclose what it was… Hope its good… Now i think i can join the group of kismatwalas from intel…. Keeping my fingers crossed i shall post and tell ya guys what i got… maybe i shall go and collect it today

  5. 5 Gagan Kaul
    December 5, 2005 at 10:56 am

    Hey Priyankar,

    That is great news :-). Wishing you the very best. I am still waiting for the prize coupons to come. Intel people told me that Samsung and Thomas Cook coupons have been cleared, but Bajaj bike coupons are pending. So maybe in the coming weeks, you will see a post about the new bike. Do tell me about your prize. All the best :-).

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