We (and by "we", I always mean my wife and I... though one of these days I'd love it to mean something like "me and the King of Zaire", or "the Pope and I" - that'd be sweet) recently got matching laptops. It was so cute. She bought one, then persuaded me - a conversation taking about 2 minutes - to buy a second one for myself. It was effectively an arguement to make Anna feel better about her splurging, that I should go against my cheap nature and blow $500 more on myself as well. We're still financially wreckless - what the hey.
Anyhow, we get the laptops and along with them comes Windows Vista. I'm no Mac guy, nor am I some Microsoft "apologist" - I make due with what I have. In this case, I was initially OK with Vista. Seems to have an integrated firewall and access restriction for special system operations, and in general feels a bit safer.
However, one downside to Vista is half the damn software we own (or have obtained through Bulgarian connections) doesn't want to work on Vista. This includes my favorite video editing suite, Pinnacle Studio. So, I've put this little clip together using Windows Movie Maker.
Don't get me wrong; if I was 55 and putting together a needlessly flashy home movie of a trip to Santa Barbara, there'd be enough star wipes and squiggly fades in Windows Movie Maker to keep me endlessly content. For someone who wants a little more control over movie editting, the preinstalled app doesn't pass muster.
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Although I will say that it amuses me that an iPod touch runs somewhere around $300 - $400... and for an extra $100, you could skip that chintzy piece of needless flash and go for a beefy 17" Toshiba laptop. Amazing how the economy of novelty works.
