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My old HP Compaq nx9005 is really on it’s last legs and I need a new laptop. I would really like to get a brand new Macbook but I have been waiting for the release of new version of Mac OSX called Leopard as I believe that there will be a big hardware upgrade. With the release of Leopard not happening until October, I have a long time to wait. So I started to think, can I get a laptop now with similar specifactions as a Macbook and maybe a little bit cheaper.

So I want a laptop with Following specs
Windows Vista Home Premium
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA; 5400—rpm
Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Built-in Web cam
13.3-inch TFT widescreen display
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet
Built-in Wi-Fi 802.11n
Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Media center remote
Height: 2.75 cm (1.08 inches)
Width: 32.5 cm (12.78 inches)
Depth: 22.7 cm (8.92 inches)
Weight: 2.31 kg (5.1 pounds)

So I am trying finding a laptop like the one above. There is a reward for anyone that can find sure a laptop. I don’t think that anyone can.

Finally, after lots of relays the blogging software Wordpress has released a major upgrade 2.2. Looking at the new features it is really is NOT that impressive an upgrade. As this is a 0.1 version different from from 2.1 to 2.2, there isn’t that much difference. It is really nothing comparing this to the difference 2.0 to 2.1.

There is a reason for this as the Development blog says

Most interesting about this release is that is our first under the new, experimental development cycle that we first talked about when we released version 2.1 fewer than 4 months ago. We delayed a few weeks from our target date in April, but ended up under our original
goal of a 4 month major release cycle.

The only features of notes are

• WordPress Widgets
• Full Atom support
• New Blogger importer
• Infinite comment stream
• Speed optimizations
• WYSIWYG support in a future version of Safari.

My advice is not to bother upgrading yet. I had some troubles with Wordpress 2.1 that were only fixed on installing 2.1.3. It is not an easy proccess to install, so I will hold off a couple of weeks. If you do want to download, it can be found on the Wordpress Download page.