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HP Touchsmart TM2 Tablet!

Goddd I want it!!

A cheap Beauty that ain't "Cheap"

I have been religiously surfing net for 2 months for this tablet since I first heard the news that HP is upgrading TX2 with Intel Processor and metal chasis. God! my patience is wearing out for this gadget and I am getting enticed forcefully to look to other alternatives which are double the cost of HP one.

The story started with this tech fair in Singapore where I went to buy a laptop with Indira and Kirti ; my colleagues and my friends. While I was browsing through various tempting offers by Lenova, HP, Dell etc, not to mention my beloved Apple’s macbook which literally wooed me  with its offer of no payment at all with 1 year contract which appeared to me veryyy reasonable. However later I realised that the offer was good for Singapore residents since it required a telephone connection.

However despite so many lucrative offers and deals, I,as usual, got stoned to see so many choices.  I have never been good when I am thrown into choices. I get numb with choices.  So I quit the idea of buying one. We engaged ourselves in looking for hard disks for Kirti and Indira as we roamed around various stalls put up by tech giants. So I was passing by this one tiny secluded HP stall , when I saw it and fell in love instantly.

Kirti who saw the gleam of my eyes, reacted -”Tum khariddari kaha karte ho! Tum to ishq karte ho bhai.” (You don’t shop dude! You romance.)

Well Said!! I am an emotional buyer. The moment I saw TX2, I wanted it.  Even though I could see one big fat loop hole in form of AMD processor which has habit of getting extremely hot and noisy. So unless you wann fry eggs on yoyr thighs, you wouldn’t go for AMD. However as the old saying goes -”love is blind and Infatuation is two step ahead. It does not have any senses whatsoever”. So Instantly I decided to buy the tablet but as luck would have it, for mysterious reasons, they wouldn’t accept Cash. The only mode of payment which they would accept was via Credit Card. This amused me since it was the first instance when somebody refused cash payment. None of us had a credit card then.  Kirti consoled me -”Jo hota hai acche ke liye hota hai .” (Everything that happens, happens for a reason). I wasn’t convinced though. I returned home with heavy heart.

Anyways, soon after this tech fair, HP announced the upgraded version of HP TX2 with metal chasis and Intel Processor and they announced to launch this killer gadget named HP Touch-smart TM2,on 17 January. That was 6th of January and Since then I have been religiously surfing everyday to check if it has hit stupid Singaporean retail shops already. For God knows reasons, HP Singapore isn’t much convinced with this tablet since they haven’t shown least amount of interest in it. HP Europe and HP America have started selling it via their online store but not HP Singapore.  Godd!! I wannn sue HP Singapore! Any HP Singapore Employee reading this blog?

You can watch the introductory Youtube vedio of HP Touchsmart TM2, if you are not aware of the tablet yet.

And those who have already have it (in Singapore), please suggest if there is any way of buying this tablet except Ebay since I am not really comfortable with Ebay shopping.

“Aamchi Mumbai”

Well! I don’t care if its Mumbai or Bombay as it has been called since Portuguese arrived here. But the kind of vicious campaign Bal Thackrey and Co. has initiated about Mumbai, should alert every Indian.
I can’t believe this is happening to Mumbai, a dream city of mine a few years ago. I still remember the excitement of going to Mumbai first time during my IIT counselling which exceeded the excitement of passing JEE itself. Its being taken away from us. Well! not yet but you never know in a democracy.

Most Indian love to call Mumbai- “Bombay” and these are common folklore far away from the political sensitivity of the issue. Mumbai sounds less appealing to me and the rest of the country. However nobody flinched when our beloved “Bombay” became Mumbai. Who cares!

Now it seems our beloved Bombay is Bala Thackrey’s personal property where only Marathi’s are allowed to enter and stay. Its amazing to even think that this man is openly dictating Mumbai at his terms and dictating the most dangerous idea that has been thrust upon our democracy.” Mumbai for Marathi”. Lick my ass Mr. Bal Thackrey.

Well! I have no idea how furious I am with this happening in my beloved country.   As citizen of this great  nation which is on verge of discovering its lost potential again, we must stand united against these selfish elements.

I hope we see India wide united stand on the  Mumbai issue.

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