Another Gadget in My Bag

I want to take a moment to thank my brother for bringing to my attention a cool toy that I added to my bag a few months ago.  It's an ultraportable laptop by Samsung.  I was able to get this for half price at my local Staples store.  It has an 11.6" matte screen, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD and has chicklet-type keys similar to the Mac Book Pro laptops.   It came with Windows 7 Home Premium edition as well as MS Office 2010 Student edition.  What a deal!

It's not like a "netbook" at all.  It's much more powerful and weighs less than 4 pounds.  It's truly ultraportable!

A built-in SDHC reader is located underneath the front/bottom of the laptop

Two USB ports and an SVGA connection

Power connector, NIC, a third USB port, HDMI connector, and output audio jack

I primarily use this as a travel device for photo editing, posting to my blogs, writing reviews, checking my emails, and doing research on the Internet.  It also has an SDHC reader built into the laptop and I take this with me on photo shoots.

When my brother came to visit me last year, we went window shopping at Staples.  He said the key words..."check this out" and pointed to this laptop.  After a few minutes of playing, I was hooked.  I waited and waited for a few weeks and finally Staples put it on sale.

It is quick to start up and shut down.  I've installed the latest version of PhotoShop Elements and it runs beautifully.  I've been extremely happy with this purchase.  I'm enjoying the portability and light weight feature of this new toy.

To my brother...a big thank you!