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- HP Compaq nc2400
- The Compaq nc2400, HP's newest corporate ultraportable, is not the lightest laptop on the market, but it strikes an appealing balance between features and portability for a lower price than competitive models. Though it weighs less than 4 pounds, it has a larger display than most other 4-pound models, as...
- Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Hewlett-Packard Co., nc2400, ThinkPad X60s, IBM ThinkPad, Fujitsu LifeBook
- Product reviews 2006-05-09
- Lenovo ThinkPad X60s
- The latest model in the ThinkPad X series, the ultraportable X60s is almost imperceptibly lighter and thinner than its predecessor, the ThinkPad X41. Though the X60s improves upon the previous generation by adding a few more features, including built-in WWAN connectivity and the latest Intel Core Duo processors, it still...
- Tags: Notebooks, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM ThinkPad, ThinkPad X60s, X60
- Product reviews 2006-03-22
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- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors cool
- Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors coolCustomer use patterns...Translated, "We didn't plan for customers to actually turn their notebooks on."What a crock!I think this article......uses "impacted" far too many times. The correct word is "affected".RE: Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Notebooks, Processors, processor, NVidia Corp., chip, notebook, defective notebook chip, Offers driver, notebook chip
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law
- Every weekend I return home from traveling the country working at the 10,000 foot level of enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers, there is at least a fifty percent chance that I may be called upon to do some in the trenches desktop support work. Such drudgery...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, AOL Instant Messenger Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law.
- Every weekend I return home from traveling the country working at the 10,000 foot level of enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers, there is at least a fifty percent chance that I may be called upon to do some in the trenches desktop support work. Such drudgery...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, AOL Instant Messenger Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- MacPhobia vs. PCPhobia
- MacPhobia vs. PCPhobiaThe other common problem I see here at workare the result of ifrared mice in many cases. A simple test to try would be to just attach a wired usb mouse into the unit and use it for a while.If the cursor ceases to jump, you have found...
- Tags: Desktops, Linux, Apple Macintosh, PCPhobia, MacPhobia, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- What's triggers "gadget lust"?
- What's triggers "gadget lust"?gadget lust vs. Dell and colorI think Dell would be better served by working on CRM rather than marketing. After my experience with Dell several years ago I've switched to hp and IBM / Lenovo. As far as color goes, my daughter the non tech...
- Tags: Keyboards, Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp., trigger
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Dell's product lust: Are we there yet?
- Dell's product lust: Are we there yet?Look at the contextI don't believe that every person on this earth should be required to speak English. I find other languages fascinating (although I'm horrible at speaking them myself), but having the diversity of language, I feel, is a wonderful thing. That being...
- Tags: Critical Thinking, tech support, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Dell's product lust: Are we there yet?
- Dell CEO Michael Dell mentioned the product lust mantra last year and has come back to it repeatedly in conference calls and analyst meetings. Dell's message: The company needs to improve design and inspire a few 'gotta have that' moments from technology buyers. How is Dell doing?...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- How Toshiba's 128GB SSD-equipped Portégé R500 stacks up
- Toshiba has released what it says is the first laptop with a 128GB SSD. Technically, the 17-inch Alienware Area-51 m9750 can be configured with two 64GB SSDs, but Toshiba gets credit for shipping the first laptop equipped with a 128GB SSD that you'd actually want to carry anywhere. ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Toshiba Portege, Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, Portégé R500, SSD, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- What would (or did) it take for you to switch operating systems?
- What would or did it take for you to switch operating systems?Switching OSsAbout a year ago I got a new home laptop my Thinkpad FINALLY died and it came with Vista. Of course I suffered [with Vista] along with everyone else, but what made me switch was that after...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, SuSE, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium
- Once full of promise and impressive feats of engineering, the ultramobile PC category has fallen on hard times, outmaneuvered by a cheaper, more capable class of systems known as Netbooks or mininotebooks. Best exemplified by the popular Asus Eee PC, these laptops use the same small screens and low-power CPUs...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, ultramobile PC, Samsung Q1, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-06-10
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's Volkswagen
- 2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we've seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Volkswagen AG, GNOME, Software Update Utility, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Gateway M-1626
- The Gateway M-1626 is a fixed configuration version of the manufacturer's midsize M series and is currently available through Office Depot. As with the M-1618 we reviewed last summer, we like the design of the Gateway M1626, which combines a lovely display and a comfortable keyboard inside of a relatively...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gateway M-1626, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-05-30
- The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to grow
- The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to growHate to give them too much credit, butOLPC has a lot to do with this. They largely caught the public's imagination with their little XO, despite some ongoing problems with deployment and infighting. They also helped drive some cost savings. At...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Windows 7 info starts to trickle out of Microsoft
- Windows 7 info starts to trickle out of MicrosoftWin 7 TricklesMaybe it's only a trickle, but it's enough for me to know that it's going to be compatible with pathetic old VISTA. That's a big coffin nail to me and only tells me I'm right to be so interested...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 info, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Disaster averted: But (sob) my next notebook might not be an Apple one
- I'm thinking I owe GreenTech Pastures readers an update on the state of my Apple PowerBook G4, which now is resting comfortably on the desk behind me, although it's in a bit of rehab with some applications that have disappeared. (Yes, I have two computers, so shoot me.) One of...
- Tags: Toshiba Tecra, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-17
- Get the AOL Succubus Off My Back!
- Pursuing a career in Information Technology comes with certain responsibilities and baggage -- among these are having to act as a personal, unpaid member of the Geek Squad whenever a friends and family computer is ill. Yesterday I got a phone call...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Internet, E-mail Providers, Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops
- Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptopsHow in the heck did you reach that conclusion?Somehow I missed how MS will "block" Linux on laptops from the writeup. I assume you're implying that XP is so desirable over Linux that charging less than $30 is a slam dunk. ...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Notebooks, Microsoft Corp., Linux, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
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