First Experience With a New Laptop

The day Windows came back into my life

Jakub Jirak
6 min readJan 3, 2024
Photo by Windows on Unsplash

The Captain’s Log Star Date is January 3, 2024. That’s how today’s article could have started if it was on one of my favourite shows, but this is about Startrek. Impossible as it may seem, I will soon be 32 years old, and Startrek is simply my heart throb. Today would write itself within the captain’s log. I started the day with a great breakfast from my dear half, followed by packing the bag that came with my “Friend of Medium” before the end of the year and heading towards the parcel shop to pick up the laptop I ordered. Today, I’ll tease you a bit, and you’ll find out what laptop it was in the end, but first, I’ll write about my ordeal.

Packaging

When I brought the laptop home, I promptly unpacked it from the box. A pleasant surprise was that the ugly outside box hid a second nice box inside, which housed the laptop. After unpacking it, I found a charger with a USB-C connector and a manual still in the package. As for how big the box was, there was practically nothing in it, but the main thing is that my laptop arrived safely.

First boot

Having been spoiled by Apple for years, I welcomed the opportunity to get a Windows laptop for the project as a positive change. After all, I love technology and hardware…

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Jakub Jirak

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