Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on May 24th, 2009
At last I have a lightweight laptop with a keyboard that is a pleasure to use. Indeed, it’s the best keyboard on any laptop I’ve ever used.
No surprise then that it’s a Lenovo, an X200 to be precise.
I bought it with a docking station and a ballistic nylon case (that screams valuable computer inside and [...]
Posted in Misc on Apr 29th, 2009
I am back in the market for a laptop and willing to get rid of my too small to type on Asus EEE PC 1000 and my overweight Samsung R60+ (3kg plus adaptor), acquired because I had to type.
Recently, I finally laid hands on the Samsung NC20 (favourable Wired review here; video here). It’s the [...]
Posted in Misc on Jan 4th, 2009
It seems that Samsung will be the first to upsize a netbook to a mini laptop with a decent keyboard while retaining many of the advantages of the netbook. The Samsung NC20 looks very nice indeed (more here). I’ll wait a bit longer for something similar with Wireless-N built in, maybe even WiMax.
Uh oh, there [...]
Posted in Misc on Dec 18th, 2008
A Mac-using friend sent me this link to an article on how Mac users were taking matters into their own hands and installing OSX on mini-notebooks.
He complains of lack of time, funds and… desire.
What happened to the two out of three rule? (The Iron Triangle rehearsed in project management in business school was, of course, [...]
Posted in Misc on Nov 11th, 2008
My post a few weeks ago about the Asus EEE PC 1000 is still drawing quite a lot of traffic (dozens of hits) every day. Time for a brief update, pending full Ubuntu 8.10 kernel support (here).
I’m still happy with this machine but, and this is a barn-door sized BUT, and it’s getting bigger: I [...]
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Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
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