The Rise of Netbooks

28th September 2008 | 0 Comments

Ever since ASUS introduced the Eee PC late last year, every computer company in the world has been scrambling to introduce their own.  Well except for Apple and Sony, but Sony is rumored to be working on one.  They're neat little machines, but I can't see how people get any serious work done on those things.  Especially when it comes to word processors, those things get bigger and slower with each release.  But if Apple wants to enter this market I suggest they leveage their iPhone technology and make a tablet with an attachable keyboard, similar to Compaq's old 10" tablet.

Spring Cleaning in the Summer

1st September 2008 | 0 Comments

I just got rid of an extremely old laptop - an IBM ThinkPad. I'm not sure what model it was, but it was a Pentium 75 with 24 MB of RAM running Windows 95. It had a floppy drive and an external parallel Zip drive, I guess CD drives weren't popular then.

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