🚏 IX of VI

🚏 ... bus stop, bus stop .......

' boro, now. Sun and cool w / the breeze significant. Portending rain as the air is heavy

watering this morning, the grass seed patches and the wildflower s. I purposefully placed the wildflowers under the bay window as a ' window box ' treatment.
Little realizing how ' rain sheltered ' the area was. Thus, I need to water the guys. And since this campaign began [ a week hence ] the ' wildies ' are blooming in fine fettle

anticipating rain, I over seeded the lawn where patchy. Should get growing off to a start

on the electronics front. Ordered a Chromebook. One year out on the market. Garnering rave reviews from Chrome Unboxed last year. The device is a Lenovo Chromebook + 14 in. 
Whats up ?
The ' plus ' notation is to represent a powerful processor. The beast is a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910. Along w / that comes 12 G Ram and 128 G storage [ c.f. this current machine at 4 G / 64 G. And fanless and silent
Alright. The skinny. No, we do not need 12 / 128. The thought process is, AI improvements will drive home computing [ no matter how simple ]. The end date for service is 2035. 
The gamble really is, in light of the arrival of Google Book laptops which will begin at 8 / 64 bare minimum, how long will the machine stay relevant

Now, waiting a year, allows glitches and failings to show and then price. The list for Chromebook 14 + is $ 1100. The purchase price is $ 550. Recognizing that, there is not a touch screen [ the machine is touted ' tablet ' like performance ] 
"" the display is a 1920 x 1200 OLED screen.
the weight is 1.17 Kg  [ 2.5 # ] 
To be sure, I raved about the Lenovo Duet [ MediaTek powered too ]. The Duet was a great tablet that we never [ rarely ] used. AND the Chromebook 14 + w / touch screen is said to be a good tablet as well.
And M  .. is not enchanted w/ the Duet. I use the external full size keyboard. She makes do w / the compressed Duet keyboard. 
I often go downstairs to sue the ' other ' laptop connecting to the TV screen via HDMI
So, 2 machines is a luxury and we deserve it

We shall see said the Zen Master.