The laptop that blogging bought

It would be inappropriate to gloat, but I guess most of you my dear readers would be pleased to know that I finally have my very own laptop! Blogging has been very good to me these past months, allowing me to earn through freelance work and more significantly, through advertising.

The laptop is an Asus A6R, with a Celeron M 370 running at 1.5 GHz, with 1 GB of DDR2 RAM and 15.4–inch widescreen display. Not really a very portable one, though I believe it’s a good balance of weight/size and performance. I would’ve wanted a 12–incher LCD, but those locally available are either prohibitively expensively or downright cheap you’d wonder where they’re from. If only more tech sites featured laptop reviews, and distributors more willing to lend a few units.

31 replies to “The laptop that blogging bought

  1. 1 Ederic 6AM of December 10, 2005

    Uy, congrats! Am so happy for you. Did you get my text? :)

  2. 2 joachim guanzon 7AM of December 10, 2005

    congrats markku… ako naman, the tshirt that blogging bought… heheheheh… soon, soon…

  3. 3 tala =) 10AM of December 10, 2005

    Congrats Markku! Uy, ano yung nasa screen, Ultra-Edit Pro ba? Hehehe.

  4. 4 AJ 6PM of December 10, 2005

    astig!

    sana ako rin magka-entry na ng “the ____ that blogging bought”

    hehe

  5. 5 markku 2AM of December 11, 2005

    Ederic, yes, got your txt, congrats! Sori di ako maka-reply, naubusan ako ng load, pinambili ko na lahat ng laptop. Hehehe. ;)

    Joachim, thanks pare, soon ikaw naman yan, the dSLR that blogging bought. :)

    Tala, that’s EditPlus. I’m trying to work on the things that make me buy these things. Hehehe. Thanks pala, musta?

    AJ, kayang-kaya mo yan pre! Soon meron ka na ring answer dun sa blank. Hehehe.

  6. 6 pusangpalaboy 8AM of December 11, 2005

    hey kuks, congrats! :) nice to see good things happen to good people. :)

  7. 7 Kates 2PM of December 11, 2005

    Galing naman, ako merong “kendi” that blogging bought. Hehehe

  8. 8 Trebs 3PM of December 11, 2005

    Waw! Daming raket tol a. Nice work on making things happen through blogging. Keep it up.

  9. 9 markku 2AM of December 12, 2005

    pusangpalaboy, touched naman ako sa comment mo. ;) Uwi ka for Christmas?

    Kates, kendi? Mukhang malakas naman ang adsense mo ah. ;)

    Trebs, konti lang ang raket, nagkataon lang ngayon. Bakit hindi ka nagsusulat sa mga blog mo? KBL reunion tayo, uuwi ang ang ating mga expat players, ang ating mga fil-sham. Hehehe.

  10. 10 anne 9AM of December 12, 2005

    yihee excited. :) im so proud of you

  11. 11 markku 9AM of December 12, 2005

    Anne, thanks, especially for helping my fickle mind pick the model I should get. ;)

  12. 12 pusangpalaboy 8PM of December 14, 2005

    heya…yup uwi ako ng Dec 20. If I’m lucky, I get a month in Manila. hehehe :) see you

  13. 13 joachim guanzon 4AM of December 15, 2005

    eto, the camera that blogging bought:

  14. 14 joachim guanzon 4AM of December 15, 2005

    ooops di pala pwede image comment… link na lang…

    zeiss ikon taxona (24×24mm)

  15. 15 sherwin 10PM of December 22, 2005

    maku, sinong FIL-shams at expat players ang tinutukoy mo?

    oi, congrats sa laptop. sana ako rin meron nyan.. heheh

    jamming pag uwi ko ha? kasama daw carlo :)

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  18. 18 Dexter 1PM of September 12, 2006 {subscribed to comments}

    That’s a good laptop. I just bought a Dell dou core 1.66GHZ with 1GB RAM and 80GB SATA 7200 rpm for only $600.00. My laptop is only use when I travel. Mura lang ba ang laptop,desktop and server sa pinas?

    Dexter

  19. 19 markku 4PM of September 12, 2006

    Dexter, yeah this laptop is good though now it’s outpowered by recent releases. Wow, 600 USD for a laptop that good is a steal! Laptop prices here are okay, though do not drop as low as those offered in US holiday sales. And we don’t have rebates. For desktops, you can build a good custom rig since it’s quite easy to find individual pc parts here. Not sure about servers though.

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  21. 21 estan 10PM of December 7, 2006

    pre, okay yan ah. this made me curious about having ad/adsense in my blog. i’ll experiment with it soon.

  22. 22 markku 1AM of December 11, 2006

    Estan, adsense works in certain types of weblogs/sites, though certainly not all. But once you find your niche, you’ll be set for growth and hopefully, adsense success. :)

  23. 23 irawan 10AM of March 9, 2007

    Congrats Markku, but why you choose the Celeron thing?
    I myself bought a laptop (actually two .. the other one is used by my niece) .. a local laptop, axioo–something from adsense earning. Of course before I bought a car, a mitsubishi lancer car .. also from adsense earning.

  24. 24 markku 9PM of March 13, 2007

    irawan, I got the laptop more than a year ago, back then the Celerons were much more affordable compared to the pentium mobiles.

    Good to hear that adsense is doing well for you.

  25. 25 irawan 11PM of March 19, 2007

    Err .. pardon me Markku, It’s my fault, I did’nt realize that you posted it over a year.. the post date kinda shady to me

    Cheers

  26. 26 markku 2PM of March 20, 2007

    irawan, hehe, no harm done. :) Saw your site, you’re one big adsense earner man, congrats!

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