Tag Archives: Netbooks
Netbooks sales drop 40%
Now would that be because everyone who wants one, has one? After all, there has been little apparent change in specification for three years… come on someone, add some extra functionality and power into the price bracket and people might upgrade. Microsoft says there’s been an 8% decline in the consumer PC market and a [...]
Something in the Air
As a mobile worker, I slathered over the original Macbook Air however it simply was not attractive enough considering the recent launch of Netbooks from Asus and Acer. I found netbooks to be so much more cost effective without losing any of the functionality I needed. The fact that I am a confirmed PC user [...]
Netbooks for the enterprise
There is now a steady flow of netbook class devices coming through from many suppliers (HP, Toshiba, Samsung et al), with the new HP Mini 1000 being HP’s second generation device correcting the major problems with their first generation (using the C7 processor rather than the Intel Atom, using XP instead of Vista Basic). Notebook.com [...]
Standard App Screens
I recently blogged about how when you are at home you should have the most screen real estate as possible to make that experience great. However I now want to take a look from a different perspective and that has more to do with the fact that just because you have a huge screen does [...]
So you got a Netbook, what now?
You take it home, do the unboxing, get it powered up and running and now what? 1. Get comfortable with the Linux install that you may have inherited or swap it for Windows XP. If it came with XP, then settle in. 2. Get Firefox 3.0 running, OpenOffice 3.0 onboard, get hooked up to WiFi, [...]
Netbooks are not just for Christmas, they are for life
I use my netbook as my primary machine ALL THE TIME. I believe you can never have too much screen real estate but it is a tradeoff on so many things. When I am running around I find the 10″ screen absolutely great, particularly as anything bigger would be a storage problem in my case/bag [...]
Dedicated Video Conferencing
You may have used or heard of Skype, and some of you may have used its video conferencing capabilities, particularly for keeping in touch with back home when you are away for a trip. This is an excellent piece of software and is a default install on every machine I have. In addition to the [...]
Redfly – a miss by a mile
Celio is a company that has produced the Redfly Smartphone Terminal since earlier this year. They have just released new update hardware in terms of the C7 and C8N, where the differentials are purely in screen size, weight and ‘Media Port’ – all of this for between $229 and $299 (I would expect that to [...]
Netbooks Returns update
This is an update on a previous post about Netbook Returns. Well it seems that more information about Netbook returns has come available and this was actually based on machines that are not short of RAM or performance, as the quote from MSI’s Director of Sales, Andy Tung found on the Digital Home Thoughts site. [...]