I got the laptop yesterday, so I got a chance to play with it a bit. It’s pretty sweet, though I’m not sold that WinXP is much of an improvement over Win95/98/NT etc. I like the new look, but beyond that, I don’t see much difference. The User switching is nicely done I suppose - especially in that you can switch users without closing down all your programs and stuff, then when you switch back, your programs are open (and coincidentally in the same state etc.)

Other than that though, there’s nothing really all that new and earth shaking. It does seem a little cleaner and stuff than 98/NT, and it boots in a decent time, though we’ll see how it is once a bunch of software has been installed on it. Currently all it has on it is MS Money, and VB6 (I suppose I also installed WinDVD)

Had the new furnace installed yesterday, and the duct cleaners cleaned the ducts today, so it’s been pretty cold in here with the heat off quite a bit. The furnace guys forgot to turn the gas back on to the downstairs furnace, so I had to call them out to do that - I didn’t know what the problem was, but I was pretty sure that it was something that they did (or as it turns out, didn’t do)

Fast Forward to Monday -> I lost my VPN connection in the middle of writing this, and couldn’t get it back, so I’m finishing it now. As it turns out, they didn’t turn the water heater back on either, so I had to light the pilot light and all that fun stuff.

No Simpsons quote for the bonus post…