the ghost notebook & the dream mp3 player

we returned the $700-laptop a few days after hubby's "real" laptop came in. so it's a false alarm that i have a laptop of my own. =P we let go of a good buy, after days of discussion. hehe!

we decided to return it for several reasons. since we got it, i've barely touched it. for me, this meant that i don't really need it, and i'm not even finding a reason to use it. when we're at home, or on the road, we'd rather use hubby's fully-loaded laptop than mine. his notebook is easier to carry (lighter and thinner), more sleek, faster, has more storage, etc... i can go on, and it will make my notebook look like a cassette player being compared to an mp3 player. hehehe! that's how nice his new laptop is! my laptop was just collecting dust and i think it will only depreciate on its own as new models come in the market almost every month.

another reason, je wanted to get me a laptop that I WANT, and not something that he rejected. he said he feels like he's giving me a hand-me-down. hehe! while i don't mind that, he does. so he told me to look for one that i like, and he will buy that for me instead. (woo-hoo!) as of this writing, mp3 players are still the more "viewed items" on my browser than laptops. until i satisfy this craving for an mp3 player, laptop will have to take the backseat.

and by the way, we didn't flush $140 down the drain. when je returned it, he mentioned that when we took it out of the box, we knew right away it's not the one we wanted. which is partly true. hehe! we did test it though: create a doc, browse the internet, check the CD-rom if it's working... but he didn't mention those. although we broke the box seal, they didn't charge the $140, but returned the full amount instead. i think they will just sell it as an open box item. no damage done to both parties then! i love being a consumer here in america! =P

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talking about mp3 players. i've been testing je's old 4GB-mp3 player for 2 weeks now. i found several annoying things about it: battery lasts only 2 hours max, transferring files takes forever, synchronizing the player with Window Media Player is a pain in the rear, the player has a slow response time, no voice recorder, no fm. the only thing i like about it is the storage capacity, 4GB!

so now, i'm on a search for an mp3 with higher storage capacity. i initially wanted just anything that plays mp3s and costs not more than $100. however, after browsing through the newer models, i found a new appetite for players that can play even picture/slideshow/video files, and has storage capacity of at least 4GB.

i saw gewi's comment on my blog... if it was Creative Zen Vision:M she's talking about, that's exactly what's on my amazon shopping cart! i'm still thinking about it since it's waaaaay above my budget. i would like to give it a few more days. paycheck is coming up next friday, but i don't think i can wait that long. hehehe!