When Innovation Backfires. MSI’s Dual-screen eSomething
I love innovation – just not innovation for the sake of innovation. It should be useful – and when I look at MSI’s dual-screen eReader – Netbook – Whatever, I seriously question the usability. Multipurpose devices do make sense, especially when it comes to the one-little-thing you carry in your pocket: it’s great not having [...]
Confessions of a Gen X-er – Screen Size Matters
It pains me to say it but I’m a Gen X-er – admittedly I’m towards the younger end of Gen X but I’m there nonetheless. As such I’m no doubt seen as prehistoric, decrepit and pretty much due for the scrap heap. Despite all of this I’m fairly certain I’ve got a couple of years [...]
LCSNPC – So Much More Friendly than Netbook. Thank You, Microsoft
(This is an image-only post, sorry if it did not properly come through in your feed reader) Related posts: Microsoft to use a new term for netbook Microsoft Wants to Rebrand Netbooks ‘Low-Cost Small Notebook PCs’ MS redefines “netbook” to push up Win 7 price Microsoft Says That The Term ‘Netbook’ Should Be Abandoned Microsoft: [...]
It’s a Sony, and It’s a Netbook. How to Turn Your Dead Weight Windows Notebook Into a Speedy Netbook.
No, it’s not a P-Series, which Sony makes a point of calling a Lifestyle PC, not a Netbook anyway. But I do have a nimble, fast Sony Netbook: a PCG FXA49. It’s my old, reliable notebook purchased about 7 years ago. It suffered from Windows Disease, the most commonly known symptom of which is the [...]
How Google Made Me a Netbook Expert
I’m amazed at the traffic we’re getting to an earlier post of mine: Netbook or Notebook? It’s Not Only About Size. Yes, I am quite passionate about the subject, but am by far not the ultimate expert. But God’s Google’s Mysterious Ways can produce unpredictable results: For some reason my old post comes up on [...]
Don’t Bury Desktops Just Yet
As laptops dominate, desktop PCs face obsolescence – reports Reuters: The age of the desktop PC appears to be over as its more portable cousin, the laptop, surges ahead with consumers clamoring for light-weight computers in funky designs for use at home, in cafes and on the train to work. Not a single desktop model [...]
Alert: Your Computers Are Slowly Killing Themselves
How old is your work computer? – asks the Wall Street Journal. Mine is a year-and-a half old. The dual-core former screamer (obviously not the one the the pic to the right) has become an average slow machine now that quad-core is the standard, but I could not care less. I don’t need a faster, [...]
