Prudence and Madness

Yup, I recently acquired an Aspire 4520-401G12Mi. And this is, believe it or not, my first laptop, as I’ve been using desktop PCs, like, since I was 5.

Here are the specifications:

Product Details

Model   Aspire 4520-401G12Mi

Specifications

Operating System   Linux Operating System

Processor   AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology

Processor Type   AMD Turion TL-58 (1.9Ghz, 1MB L2Cache)

Chipset   NVIDIA nForce® 610M (MCP67-MV)

Memory   1 GB DDR2 ( Upgradeable up to 4 GB )

Display Screen   14.1″ WXGA TFT Crystalbrite LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution

Video Type   NVIDIA GeForce® 7000M with up to 896 MB of TurboCache

Video Memory   NVIDIA Shared Memory

Hard Disk   120 GB SATA HDD

Optical Drive   Built-in Super Multi Double Layer Drive

Weight   2.48kg

Dimension   342 (W) x 247 (D) x 35/38(H) mm

Network Interface   Built in 56K Modem, Built in 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN

Wireless LAN   Built-in Acer Invilink Wireless LAN ( 802.11b/g)

Card Reader   Built in 5 in 1 Card Reader

Bluetooth

Battery Type   6 Cell Battery,53.28W Li-ion battery pack

Battery Life   2.5 hour Battery Life

Windows Vista Home Basic was installed in it and so far, I’m quite happy about how it runs, despite the fears that some of my most used programs won’t run on it.  I really cannot give an adequate review of the computer, as it’s, after all, my first laptop.  But the things that I’m looking for in a laptop right now is just the speed by which it runs with word processing, adobe photoshop, and browsers open.  And so far it works fine.  I doubt if it will still run smoothly with games installed but since, I’m not really a gamer, that’s just okay with me.

What I really want to try now is to connect to the Internet in wi-fi hotspots.  As I know very few wi-fi hotspots, I hope my dear blog readers could help me out in compiling a list of wi-fi hotspots in Metro Manila, whether free or not.

This is what I’ve gathered so far:

From The Free Man Travels:

• Burger King - Timog (free)
• Baang Cafe - Timog (free)
• Araneta Center (free)
• Seattle’s Best - Trinoma (not free)
• Robinson’s Malls

From Animohosting.com:

• Shell - Magallanes (linksys)
• 8th floor Pahingahan Salcedo Village Makati City
• Shangri-la Hotel Makati, Lobby and Lobby Lounge
• Entertainment Arts Center, Jupiter St., Makati Avenue
• Mario’s Kitchen, Metrowalk, Ortigas
• Rustans, Shangri-la (I’m inside the taxi at Shaw)
• Makati City Hall (accessible from Guadalupe Bridge)
• WLAN PS - in front of Philam Life Tower, Makati
• Sotto cor. V.A Rufino, Makati {name: Asus}
• Pier One, The Fort, Taguig City (BayanTel)
• Pier One, Tomas Morato, Quezon City (BayanTel)
• Shell Maya vicinity (corner Buendia & Ayala Ave., Makati) {name: tsunami}
• Captain’s Bar, Mandarin Oriental, Makati
• Placemat Pinoy Cafe in Tomas Morato cor. Sct. Castor, Quezon City
• Italliani’s, Greenbelt 2 {name: wireless, ISP: Globe}
• Teriyaki Boy in Buendia (Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue) cor. Jupiter Street {Jupiter Suites}
• Starbucks Greenbelt 3 near the lagoon
• Mabini cor. Salas (linksys)
• Starbucks G4
• Shangri-la Plaza, Ortigas
• Ermita, Manila (Ferguson Plaza)
• Podium, Ortigas (Philcom)
• Baywalk - in front of Max’s Resto (EG 6 )
• Seattle’s Best, E. Rodriguez
• Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas
• Seattle’s Best, Powerplant Mall, Makati (linksys)
• Zupa, Cybermall in Eastwood City, Libis
• Libreria Coffee Shop & Bookstore, Tomas Morato
• Palm Store Glorietta 4th Floor
• Robinsons Place, Manila (near food center)
• SM San Lazaro
• DavidSpot! HotZone (within the vicinity of DLSU-CSU, St. Benilde) Get free account here.
• WalterMart along Pasong Tamo-Pasay Road (Linksys)
• Masas, and Greenbelt 2 area
• Baang Coffee Shop, Timog Avenue, QC
• Seattle’s Best, Eastwood City
• Cyberzone, SM Megamall Building B (Philcom)
• Mobile 1 Park Square Makati
• Holiday Inn Galleria Manila (Galleria Suites), Ortigas Center
• Free Public Wifi (ad hoc) at Paseo de Roxas near Mandarin Oriental, Makati
• Amorsolo cor. V.A Rufino (formerly Herrera), Makati {name: linksys}
• Bluewave Mall, Macapagal Highway, Pasay City (linksys)
• Starbucks Ash Creek Center, Ortigas Avenue (near Xavier School/Mary the Queen Church) - free WiFi provided by Cooltoyz laptop store.
• Hotel Intercontenental, Ayala Avenue, Makati
• Manila Peninsula, Lobby area
• Robinsons Pioneer

I hope you, people, can help me out with this.  Much appreciated if you can tell me wifi hotspots at TriNoma, as it is the place which I frequent the most, besides SM North EDSA.

Which wifi hotspots do you know?

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