Not the best time for my laptop to need replacing, but hey, is it ever? It’s been six years since I bought Boquerón and my two previous ones before that only lasted three years apiece, so I guess maybe I lucked out this time (??). A quick google tells me the average life expectancy for a laptop is 3-5 years, which seems like not much time, but what do I know? Anyhow, I think I also got lucky finding this model at El Corte Inglés, as there seem to be very few 17 inch models available these days. Plus it was 80 euros off (a “back to school” special offer).

And now begins the looong process of setting it all up. I was able to copy most of the important files, photos etc onto an external HD between crashes over the past couple of days but there’s still a lot to sort out. It’s a bit like housecleaning in a way. I’m realising how much STUFF was on the old computer that I can actually do without.

Of course I had to name her… galga is Spanish for greyhound as she is sleek and silver-grey. And she weighs just slightly less than Morcilla.

The specs…

Colour  silver
Connectivity  WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, Bluetooth 5.3
Connectors  USB-C 3.0, 2 x USB-A 3.0, HDMI 1.4b, Audio in/out
Dimensions  400.7 x 20.6 x 257.8 mm Display
IPS,  60 Hz
Graphics Card  AMD Radeon Graphics
Memory Type  SSD
Number of Cores  8
Numpad  yes
Operating System  Windows 11
Optical Drive  no
Processor  AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
Processor Clock Speed  2.00 GHz
RAM Size  16.0 GB
RAM Type  DDR4 Resolution 
1920 x 1080 (FullHD)
Screen Size  17.3 ”
Storage  1 TB
Touchscreen  no
Webcam  yes
Weight  2.07 kg