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- PCjr
- PC JunioR IBM's first home computer introduced in 1983. It included a chiclet keyboard unsuitable for touch typing and was discontinued two years later, due to the lack...
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- Microsoft and the PCjr
- Microsoft and the PCjrNow for a little nostalgia...Enjoy, Dana.... http://www.brutman.com/PCjr/The super thin, 12 inch, light weight netbook for $250 will be a HUGE problem for MS. It will have a 12 hour battery life, and be more powerful and have more memory than todays full sized laptops. The OS and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Corp., Starter Edition, netbook, PCjr
- Discussion threads 2009-04-24
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- News to know: Windows 7; Swine flu; Facebook; SOA
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Tech-take on the spread of swine flu. Techmeme Ed Bott: What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate ...
- Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, SOA, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Microsoft and the PCjr
- Moore's Law does not stand still. Today's Netbooks are terribly limited but within two years, you will be able to get much better product for about the same price. That will be the Linux opportunity by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Moore, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Hardware, Software
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)
- Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)Here is a modern solutionSimply gut the JR and put an Intel Mac mini inside it.You will then have a modern computer that can run the superior MacOS X or the malware sucking Windows.IBM PC Jr.The IBM PC Jr. was...
- Tags: Desktops, IBM PC, Cracking Open, PC, IBM Corp., computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- CES: My day one highlight? A surge protector
- As day one of CES comes to a close, some quick snapshots of three of the more interesting products I've come across both on the show floor, and at the myriad press-only events that accompany the show. Belkin Conserve Surge Protector Yes, you read...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Player, Slacker Portable, DVR, TVs, Wiki, Digital Music, Notebooks, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Once again, competition breeds innovation
- Once again, competition breeds innovationAnd, without OLPC, we never would have had the Classmate. If Intel wants totry to put OLPC out of business, I guess it is their prerogative in a free world. But, even if they succeed, OLPC will have been a huge success by forcing the world...
- Tags: Mesh networking, One Laptop Per Child project, Classmate, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Worst PC of all time - Which one gets your vote?
- Worst PC of all time - Which one gets your vote?Gateway E-3400We bought dozens of these pigs at work about 5-6 years ago, and are just getting rid of the last few.* They had a motherboard/daughterboard design, and the motherboard would have to be reseated into the daughterboard on several...
- Tags: Desktops, PC, Gateway Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- Feds approve IBM PC Co. move to Beijing as an era in computer and business history draws to a close
- Feds approve IBM PC Co. move to Beijing as an era in computer and business history draws to a closeModem speedThat was 300 and 1200 BITS not bytes per second.I remember ....I was a freelancing management consultant back in the mid '80's. I carried my entire support system...
- Tags: Modems, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, IBM Corp., WordStar, computer, baud, card
- Discussion threads 2005-03-11
- AMD set to detail multi-OS plan
- AMD set to detail multi-OS planI see Hypervisor taking the market.OSS will probably fork the technologies if needed. Too bad Microsoft will only support Intel's engineWith VMWare making15 grand per server license, I can see why competitors are getting into the market. I can understand using virtual servers on big...
- Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Pentium, TopView, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., AMD Pacifica
- Discussion threads 2005-03-07
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