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10/15/09
Then I got an OLPC XO-1. Not even 450MHz - a single core AMD Geode CPU, and 256 MB of RAM. Usually when I travel I take the XO because it's so small and light, but still good enough to run a web browser. Actually, now I usually just take my iPod Touch and something that can charge it like the XO.
So... I'm really not saying I want my 15" screen back. I do have a full-size desktop for "serious" work, but for mobile computing, I find it's much better to emphasize the "mobile" than the "computing" half of the equation.7
10/14/09
Incidentally, I used to have a 12" laptop. It was small at the time, but it sucked to travel with. This netbook is the easiest computer ever to travel with. It's like a normal sized hardcover book.
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Personally, I think netbooks are a fad. People will prefer low end laptops over netbooks.
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A notebook screen should not go below 13 inches and not above 17.
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It's really hard to overstate how nice the portability of a netbook compared to a 15" notebook really is if you're constantly on the go.
10/14/09
Well, if *Michael Dell* says it, it must be the untainted gospel. After all, he has such an unblemished track record when it comes to predicting consumer behavior. Here is one who never, ever puts his foot in his mouth.
You doubt? Witness -
October 6, 1997:
At the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, Michael Dell added his voice to the chorus when asked what could be done to fix Apple [then troubled financially].
"What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders," Michael Dell said before a crowd of several thousand IT executives.
October 14, 2009:
DELL - 15.31
market cap - 29.94B
AAPL - 190.02
market cap - 170.22B
Michael Dell... futurist and innovator.
10/14/09
Not everybody wants to lug around an 8 lb laptop.
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But when you want to do a significant amount of work, you'll want to be at a desktop or a full sized laptop. I'd like to see netbooks include some really good integrated syncing software so that anything I do on my netbook automatically syncs to the computer where I'll actually work on it.
10/14/09
While my netbook does get used for a lot of screwing around, part of the reason I love it is that it's a bit easier to deal with when I'm at a customer's site. Having a sub 3lbs device I can hold in one hand in a cramped server room and pull up any notes or network diag tools I need makes my life a good bit easier.
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'probably hurts from all that reaching.
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05/29/09
When the season is on the line, you're down by 6, sitting on your own 19 with no time outs and there's 4 seconds on the clock, the only thing you can do is drop into the shotgun and send everyone long.
You'll either end up a legend or your season will be over.
Bank on one thing and hope that it will pull you through to the next cycle. It doesn't matter if you're Palm and you're banking on the Pre or Motorola and trying to find some focus in a marketplace that left you behind (sorry Lindsay) or newspapers trying to find one last way to actually get people to pay for something they get for free.
When HP just sold printers and Gateway failed by having a good idea and a horrible implementation, Dell was at the top of the heap. But then HP and Compaq merged and ditched the horrible name that Compaq had and Apple started stepping up its ads and dropping its prices.
Dell has the business sector. But, if this week's recent economic data is any indicator, things are bad. Commercial loans that got packaged into derivative products are failing, threatening a new round of economic woes, and commercial landlords are in danger of defaulting on their mortgages because the market for retail and office space tanked.
Dell needs a Hail Mary pass. It lost the home user and it needs to give the business sector a reason to buy.
05/29/09
Microsoft knows only partially how to sell software. The reason I say partially is because of how bad the advertising and marketing area goes. I was heavy on the news with the new ad surge put in place by Microsoft a little over a year ago, and my friend is one of the leads at CP&B. I couldn't wait to hear about the new campaigns since I'm in a similar field myself, and although some of the ads were good, the over all effect according to CP&B was under par. Of course no ones going to tell you that straight up though.
I totally agree on the Dell and HP stance though. Hit the nail on the head with that.
(sorry for branching two of your comments into one response :x)
@weatherman: I don't think your looking at this as the general consumer would. Either way, in the end we won't truthfully know how well Windows 7 does until a few years into the game. It was the same with Vista. We never really knew until a lot of bad reviews and hype poured down from consumers. The initial news will be that they sold *aka shipped to Dell, HP, Gateway, Acer and so forth* so many millions of copies.
05/29/09
Watch Sunday morning news programs. That's where you see what Microsoft really does: sell software solutions for businesses of all sizes. Those ads are far more lowkey and, to my eye, a bit more artistic. And Apple has no ads targeting that market. Dell has reason to bank on Microsoft and the business market.
Personally, I don't know what the big deal is with the cost of buying Windows. Every version of Windows I've had was pre-installed. The cost is built into the cost of the computer.
Everyone focuses on the Lauren ad vs. the Justin Long ads. But the real competition is between Microsoft and enterprise companies like SAP.