A New Era

Many of you already know, but for those who haven't heard, The Clunker is going into retirement. That's right, I finally decided to shell out the dinero to join the current technological age. But enough about me...without further ado, I'm proud to introduce Esperanza, The New Hotness.

She's a quite sexy Toshiba Satellite M115-S3094, a sleek little Charcoal number with all the bells and whistles that one would expect from such a machine. Let's have a little comparison to see how the old and the new stack up, eh?

Looks
The Clunker
"Pirate Armada" is a plus, but skuffed up, broken and worn far outweigh it.
Esperanza
The New Hotness.
Esperanza 1, The Clunker 0

Specs
The Clunker
Intel Pentium III Processor, 524 MHz
128MB RAM
11.2 GB HDD
Windows XP Home Edition

Esperanza
Intel Centrino Processor, 1.67 GHz
512 MB RAM
80 GB HDD
Windows XP Media Center Edition (This one goes to Esperanza for the 360 compatibility features)

Esperanza 5, The Clunker 0

Accessories
The Clunker
DVD-ROM
"Dongle/Nubbin/Button Thingy" pointing device, broken (Even though it's broken, The Clunker scores here on principle)
Broken function keys that were inefficient in the first place...
Crappy laptop speakers
Lynksis external wireless card
Dettached LCD monitor/ old CRT

Esperanza
DVD/CD-RW
Touch Pad (I hate these things)
Play, Pause, ect, volume control
Crappy laptop speakers
Integrated wireless
"TruBrite" sexy LCD screen

Final Count
Esperanza 8, The Clunker 1, Draw 2

Esperanza is the clear winner, and it is certainly my hope for the future that it has a long, successful run.