A laptop of my own!

I've toyed with the idea of purchasing a laptop for several months and finally bit the bullet 3 weeks ago. After all my due diligence (honestly, all of my brother's due diligence to review all the specs) I decided on an HP model that we thought would be adequate for grad school, and storing all of my digital photos. I had a game plan in mind and called HP..... Thirty minutes later, I ended up with an upgraded model ..... I like to think I run a hard bargain and still feel like I got the best bang for the buck, but geesh people - that sales guy was good! I'm not big on spending money for frills, but the laptop had several color choices and I chose mocha plaid, which is not depicted well in the picture, but is very cool!