Now a days I am not getting computer when I need it  and was thinking to buy laptop for last 6 months. In the mean time I bought Acer laptop for India for $300 and my 5 year old Dell is not charging any more. Finally ended up again two.  Chandini bought Sony laptop during Thanksgiving,  but I have given to friend as he came from India and again left with tow. Today I got Gateway laptop for $499 and Chadnini Planning to go India and again will left with two. Now I have to look another laptop for Chandini, probably for me because she will take this one If I don’t buy sooner.

This is Laptop was unexpected buy, because of deal and thanks Satish.  On Sunday I when I am ordering tried to buy through Bing and I didn’t see and ordered one. After 1 hour I saw Best buy in Bing and ordered another one  didn’t cancel because first one waiting for confirmation of orders. Finally Tuesday I got confirmation for store pickup for both the orders.  Today evening I went to pickup and there was only one for store pickup and I was there for one hour and they couldn’t find. Finally they asked me to find another laptop with that price. Then I demanded for same configuration Laptop and found one which is $630, they asked me to share 50% of extra money, I said NO. They agreed to take care of 100%, but found that it  doesn’t have blue-ray. Then I said NO. They said they can’t offer any more and asked me to contact Best Buy.com as I bought it there.  As I offered Gabe that Laptop, I tried to bargain to get decent one, but  that store doesn’t have comparable Laptops in around that price.

Now I am writing this post on this Gateway  Laptop.  I didn’t like the material of Laptop and also mouse pad. Key board buttons are soft and good. I don’t see that speed with that good configuration. One more interesting thing is that it has labeled as i3 but it has i5 processor.  I liked Sony Laptop better than this Gateway even though Sony configuration is not comparable and lower end. I feel this is worth for that money but not great deal. Finally Sorry Gabe.

2010 Australian Open Tennis final was played last Sunday and Britain’s Andy Murray and Switzerland’s Roger Federer played against each other for the championship.   Until that point, Roger Federer had 15 Grand Slam titles and Andy Murray was yet to win his first Grand Slam.  Earlier, 2 had met at United States Open 2008 final where Roger Federer won the championship.   While Andy Murray is known for his defensive skills Roger Federer’s aggression is well known.  Before Sunday’s match, both of them had played 10 times against each other. Andy Murray had won 6 and Federer prevailing in 4 matches. Interestingly, Federer had won last two of their meetings.  During pre-match press interviews, Federer played mind games about how he has the edge over Andy Murray. He tried to over ride the fact that Andy Murray had beaten him several times by saying that he was not at his best when Murray won matches against him.

                Usually, Andy Murray plays a waiting game. He does not take risks and wins majority of points by his serve and opponent’s errors.  This usually works in low profile tournaments and in early rounds in Grand Slam tournaments. But he does not change his style during later stages of Grand Slams. While this style helps him win against low profile players, it may not work in a major semi-final or a final. On Sunday final, Andy Murray tried his defensive style in first two sets and Federer won them easily. He tried aggression in 3^rd set and it was very close. But it looked like it was too late.