Category Archives: kikuism

the notebook story, part 3

a.k.a. Installing WinXP according to HP’s logic…

HP shipped the notebook with the usual recovery DVD which contains a pre-installed WinXP environment. Upon insertion into the dvd drive, it tries to overwrite the whole harddisk with a single partition. Why? …

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the notebook story, part 2

I’ve eventually settled for a decent machine and managed to secure this (new!) notebook via Ebay (DE) – a HP nx8220 (PY522ET) with the following specs:

cpu & chipset: Pentium 750 M (1,86 GHz, Dothan) & Mobile Intel 915 PM …

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Goldlightan

What’s this?

hint #1 // hint #2 // hint #3 :-)

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the notebook dilemma

I have been away from the blogosphere for a while as I am currently sitting for some exams – and spent a great time of the month looking for a decent, well-equipped and mobile notebook/laptop computer.

Remember my post on …

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JKE’s lanyard

There’s always enough time for childish bubudiu.

A very close friend of mine told me that my previous lanyard (which holds my keys and a little LED light) actually looks a bit awful.

I got this one from a horse trade …

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