Tag Archives: netbook

Thick or thin

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Jeff

Over the past cou­ple weeks I’ve been try­ing a new exper­i­ment. Now that I’ve embraced the “net­book lifestyle,” I thought I’d see what this cloud com­put­ing thing was really all about. While I have Microsoft Office 2007 loaded on my HP Mini-​Note, I thought … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The eyes boggle

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Jeff

I’m sit­ting at Chipo­tle putting the fin­ish­ing touches on an arti­cle about decid­ing between using thick clients (Word, Out­look) ver­sus thin clients (Google Docs, Gmail) on net­books, and a guy walks up to me and stares until I take out my ear­buds … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A plague of netbooks

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Jeff

Spent most of the day run­ning around with my dad look­ing for net­books retail. Best Buy has the Asus eee 1000HD and the MSI Wind, both run­ning XP, along with the older 7″ Linux-​based eee. The eee 1000HD is actu­ally pretty … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Nope, Apple still doesn’t get it

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Jeff

The big news out of Cuper­tino today was more of the same. While a lot of the tech press, yours truly included, expected Apple to announce a net­book (albeit a pricey one at $800), what we got was more 13 and 15 inch Mac­books … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Are netbooks recession-​proof?

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jeff

Jason Per­low has an inter­est­ing arti­cle over on ZDnet about how the eco­nomic cri­sis might spur IT inno­va­tion to save costs. He’s focused mostly on a top-​down, enterprise-​focused “how the heck can we afford this dat­a­cen­ter” per­spec­tive, but it got me … Con­tinue read­ing →

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