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Today is the first peaceful day I have for myself after the launch of ‘Pretensions’. Oh, didn’t I tell you? The novel of which I spoke to you was a huge hit. I’ve been on the move for the last ten days giving out interviews, read-outs, promotions and what not! Phew! I’m happy I have this whole day all for myself. One of my readers, Adrian Woodbury from Ashford to be more precise, gifted me a laptop. It’s a Lenovo IdeaPad S10e 1.3 megapixel camera laptop. Have a look at it. I love the plum-red colour. This Lenovo laptop measures about 25 x 18.3 x 2.8cm – its quite compact. It runs on a Intel’s Atom 1.60GHz N270 processor. And the…excuse me while I answer the door.
“Hi, Mike, come in, come in!” “Hello aunt Bridgette! Came to meet a friend of mine and thought I’ll pay you a visit.”
“Oh, It’s been so long..sit down sit down…what will you have to eat? Shall I bake some thing?”
“Mmm, how about choco-chip muffins aunt? Mom makes ‘em and I just love them.” “Sure thing Mikey. Come, I’ll make some tea for you.”
Hey, aunt Bridgette, thats a cool-looking laptop you got here!”
“It’s a Lenovo IdeaPad S10e 10.1 inch netbook. Go ahead, take a look” “The screen is LED backlit! What’s the resolution aunt Brig?”
“It’s about 1,024 x 600 pixels. Mikey dear. “The colours are quite sharp. And did you notice, there is a 1.3 megapixel camera on top of the bezel” “What about memory, aunt?” asked Mike tapping the keyboard as he spoke.
“The RAM is about 1GB, of which 512MB is upgradeable. You can make it 2.5GB by installing 2GB more. And Mike, it has Intel’s integrated GMA 950 for graphics. Go on and explore it, while I start on the muffins.”
“And, aunt before I forget, my friends wanted your autographs.” “Did you like the book Mikey?” “Actually aunt, It was boredom wrapped up in the shape of a book!” said Mike, with a mischievous glint in his eyes. I stared at him in disbelief as he bursted out laughing. I gave him a painful tug at his ears and he yowled aloud saying “Okay, okay, I was just kidding! It was an excellent book aunt. The last chapter gave me chills.”
“Now that is my Mikey! Come on in to the kitchen table. We can chat while I bake. You can bring the laptop if you want.” I set out to melt the chocolate bars and whisk the eggs. “How’s Elda, Mikey?” “She’s good aunt” said Mikey distractedly. He was busy fidgeting with the laptop.
“I see that your IdeaPad S10e has a pre-loaded Windows XP Home. And, it has a swell keyboard.” “Aunt Brig, does it have Bluetooth?” “Aunt?!”
“Sorry Mikey” said I, after carefully measuring out two cups of chocolate sauce and egg whites. “Did I hear Bluetooh? Yes, the laptop has Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11a/b WiFi and 10/100Mbps wired Ethernet. And the hard disk is of 160GB. Here, is the sugar enough?” I offered him a taste of the batter.
“Uh-huh. Its perfect” said Mike. Still keen about the laptop. “And, oh, it has a 34mm ExpressCard slot. And, two ports for audio and USB. And a 4-in-1 card reader and a VGA out port.” “How much do you think it weighs, aunt?”
“About 1.14kg, I believe” said I, as I placed the muffins to bake in the oven. “Another twenty minutes, and they’ll be done. Come on, lets go to the living room. I’ll show you the photographs of my trip to the US.”
We settled in the couch with cups of tea and a bag of chips. “How’s the battery aunt?” asked Mike, indicating the IdeaPad S10e. “It has a 3-cell battery with it, Mike. I wish it was a 6-cell unit instead.”
We chatted on about Mike’s friends and his ’special’ Margret. “I hope to marry her one day” he said with his cheeks flushed pink. Just then, the muffins pulled us with invisible strings. The chocolate-brown muffins were baked to perfection. The chocolate-chips melted in our mouths. “Mmmmm…” said both of us in unison as we took our first bites and laughed.
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