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10/09/09
See? Two fingers to scroll.
10/08/09
And why, in a laptop so expensive, would you opt for an Atom over a Core 2 ULV? Is anybody really going to pay $1300 for a netbook? Better to drop another $100 or so into it and get a real computer.
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05/23/09
05/23/09
/stifles laughter
05/23/09
05/23/09
well how would you know that?
are there other reasons besides commenting for getting that star, frigg?
c'mon you can tell us.
05/23/09
05/23/09
The BLam was also highly portable and amenable to small spaces at a time when most other editors were bulky and demanding. The BLam was also adaptable to different climate conditions, something that could come in handy for extreme product testing.
I also remember the banhammer was particularly sensitive on the prototype I received and came down an awful lot. Not sure if that's been tweaked.
Also, the prototype didn't suffer fools lightly which, depending on your point of view, is either a feature or a drawback. I looked at it as a feature, even though the unit I had kept cursing at me even when I tried to do other work.
It had a variety of ports, most of them functional, and reasonable battery life. Non-disclosure prevents me from revealing an adapter I had never seen before, now enclosed internally, for low level access to entertainment subroutines. Overall power requirements were at times excessive, but really no different from other editors I've tinkered with.
In the end, I don't think my opinion mattered all that much, but I did find the feature set fairly robust, certainly at that price. Actually, I might have tried to buy the one they sent me except they were concerned about squashing bugs that had yet to manifest. Not sure if they ever did since I've seen other prototypes on eBay with the seller claiming similar units have been editing everything from an American Idol Runner Ups Fansite to a blog on Self-Surgery.
The star, by the way, has nothing to do with my commenting ability. See, I'm Amish (Mennonite, actually). When I first started reading Gizmodo I couldn't help but notice that none of the writers or editors happened to be Amish (or Mennonite). I complained, and the very next day a star appeared next to me name. I think it was to shut me, or prevent a lawsuit. In any case, it worked.
05/23/09
In any case, frigg, I'm sure I'm not the only one who likes 'em long like that. Indeed, the longer the better, I say. Gives me a chance to really kick back, relax and take it all in.
05/23/09
/bosskeved
05/23/09
Thank you.
Thank you again.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
05/23/09
From Zanzibar to Barclay Square.
But UMID's only seen the sights
A netbooks sees from Brooklyn Heights --
What a crazy pair!
But they're postings,
Identical postings all the way.
One pair of matching stories,
Different as night and day.
05/23/09
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05/23/09
OQO.
OQO OQO OQO.
OQO.
RIP.
05/14/09
and see if you really want a Toshiba.
05/14/09
04/18/09
According to the OLPC website, these laptops are specifically for:
Well, then, I'm sure those kids will be giddy with excitement to learn this advanced model features:
Excellent! So now the kids will be able to kick back and stream episodes of House in full 1080p 5.1 surround! Well, right after they first get, you know, electricity. And maybe a roof. Hey, maybe they'll even learn that what they are dying from is dysentery and not lupus!
01/12/09
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01/12/09
Has Gizmodo lost complete feeling for the cost of things?
Just cause Apple is gauging their customers, does that make it ok for Intel to do the same kind of overpricing? And then just cause Intel is slightly cheaper, you call that low-cost?
Everything is low-cost next to Apple.
01/12/09
01/12/09
"Low-cost" is a relative term. Compare a $700 price tag with what a MBA ($1800 base) or Voodoo Envy (I don't even know, like $3000?) costs and it will look very affordable, indeed.
The market for this processor/these notebooks is not going to be huge, but there are people who need an extremely thin, portable, and reasonably powerful machine and they are not afraid to pay for the privilege.
01/12/09
01/12/09
My desktop in all its easily moddable glory is my workhorse. I don't need a top of the line laptop. At the same time I couldn't cope with a gimped netbook. And I can't afford a premium-priced ultraportable. The HP DV2 and whatever comes out like it are the solution. I need a laptop to be super-light, have long battery life, be capable of the occassionally taxing task, and be inexpensive. An optical drive, until physical media finally dies, is also nice.
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AMD is just a crybaby cuz they're late at the market.
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