Tag Archives: notebook
Full Featured Laptops or Cloudbook
There are a lot of different and new machines out there for the Chromebook to compete with in the portable/ultralight arena. Considering the high price of these machines though, they are certainly priced out of the market in which they would be ideal – the below £200 market. In the £350 to £400 market, they [...]
Keyboards keyboards keyboards…
This is not just a worrying trend, this is an outright movement. If you purchase any notebook with a screen larger than 15 inches, there is an almost certainty that you will end up with a full width keyboard including a full number keypad. These may be very useful for accountants and other persons who [...]
Notebook Performance
I had cause recently to have an online conversation with a reader who believed that the only worthwhile computer equipment was the very fastest thing you can get. This person was looking at the needs equation from their own perspective which was as a gamer. This is so small a percentage of computer users, particularly [...]
Death of Netbooks…
There have been many posts today (like this, and this) as follow up to the Acer story about them dropping netbooks as a product and effectively focusing on touch screen devices. The follow up has been largely about retractions from Acer that netbooks will be an important part of their product lineup. Many people have [...]
The Answer to Secure Mobile Computing?
Well Google spilled the beans on their Google ChromeOS NOTEBOOK (interesting that they do not call them netbooks, but then at 12.1inches it is certainly more light notebook than netbook. Here is the promo video. It certainly has some very interesting features such as full encrypted file system, full separation between customer accounts, single sign [...]
Cost of the Loss of a Laptop
A new report by the Ponemon Institute in conjunction with Intel claims that the average cost to the enterprise of a stolen or lost laptop is $49,246, once you factor in not just replacement but intellectual property loss, lost productivity, forensics, and other downsides. Report: average stolen laptop cost is $50K; Intel: buy vPro – [...]
Netbooks survival only in recession?
Will netbooks die off as the economy recovers? Liliputing has a great post here which is based on an Information Week article. My own view is that Netbooks are helped by their low cost, but that is not their point. Their success is more about their form factor and utility in a low cost package. [...]
Battery Life
Whether you use a netbook or an ultramobile notebook (same difference!), the one of the most important requirements in my view, particularly for the very mobile worker, is that it has a significant battery life – whole day preferably. Down with 3-Cell Batteries: Netbooks Should Have 5+ Hours of Battery Life The only problem with [...]