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This weekend will most likely be spent testing Windows 7 Beta. After mucking around with Linux and being impressed, I might try and maximise the 64 bit processor in my PC when trying this Beta. Will post news/views when I have something worthwhile to report…

This I think is a damn shame. Since its release, Ferrit has offered New Zealand’s internet consumers the ease and simplicity of having many stores in the one website, so that you can compare prices, features etc and make a decision. I think the bonus of late has been the free shipping offers available.

If, for example, you placed an order on ferrit, from say 6 different retailers, one would not pay any freight at all. With the closure of Ferrit, you have to go to 6 websites, place an order, and probably pay for a courier on top at an average of say, $6/courier.

Personally, Ferrit has saved me money on many occassions. IT products being one of particular note. I think it saved me $10 on a Logitech Nano Notebook laser mouse and $15 on a Logitech PS3 headset, all by shopping around their different retailers.

New Zealanders have been typically slow in the uptake of online shopping, but I saw this trend turning around prehaps when I was teaching a co-worker the joys of Christmas shopping on the internet. I have done this now for two years and I must say, I was the least stressed person of them all. I may go back to Bricks-and-mortar shopping this christmas because of the expense of a courier for each and every item.

Ferrit is a Telecom subsidiary, and while I doubt we should be surprised that its closing, I am one person who will be mourning the loss. I will be another car again, trying to find a park at the malls for Christmas shopping….

The summer holidays have ended at last… its back to work for me….

I have it booting off the HDD now, done it twice today from two restarts. I think the problem lies with the HDD I’m presently using. Will have to locate the 250gb IDE drive I bought home and give that a format and a run. All I really use the Windows XP machine for now is playing The Sims 2, well, The Sims 3 when its released next month (w00t) that said, I haven’t busted a gut to get a half way decent Windows XP machine to spend all my time on the Compaq.

That said, I also have the Acer Laptop as well, which has been very handy indeed with the quick burning of Linux ISO’s to disk.

However, theres one thing I can’t deny. All these 1am finishes are catching up with me, so I am exiting Geekdom for the weekend and having a nana nap. Back to work tomorrow after a long Christmas break.