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Comment: Re:Weird scaling -- Not. (Score 4, Insightful) 148

by Blahbooboo3 on Thursday May 29 2008, @12:07PM (#23587511) Attached to: First Reviews of the MSI Wind Ultra-Portable Laptop

I find it interesting that this laptop more or less falls right in between your standard fare laptop and an Eee PC in terms of portability and raw power, but is the most expensive of the crop.

Using the base Vostro 1500 for the "average laptop" and the Eee PC 8G we have:

Eee PC - 7" display, 800Mhz Celeron, 8G storage, 1GB RAM @ $549
Wind - 10" display, 1.6Ghz Atom, 80GB storage, 1GB RAM @ $649
Vostro 1500 - 15.4" display, 1.6Ghz C2D, 120GB storage, 2GB RAM @ $499

I realize the comparison is odd since they all hit different intended markets, but it seems that something that is between the two in specs would be closer to either of the two in terms of price than it currently is.

Compared to the Vostro you're paying for the size reduction. I bet that Vostro is one of those fugly and heavy cheap dells. At 6.33lbs, you can have that Vostro lead brick. UGH! Never again for travel would I use something that heavy. Once you go 3lbs for travel, you NEVER go back.

Compared to the EEE, you are paying for the larger 10" screen & faster processor.

All in all, it makes perfect sense to me the price placement from your list.

Microsoft and Turbolinux Extend Collaboration-> 0

Submitted by

Tech.Luver

on Tuesday October 23 2007, @12:32AM

Tech.Luver writes "Agreement addresses customer issues, furthers interoperability and R&D collaboration, and provides IP assurances to Turbolinux users. REDMOND, Wash., and TOKYO — Oct. 22, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. and Turbolinux, a leading Linux client and server distributor in Japan and China, have announced a business agreement that expands on their recent collaborations. The deal advances Linux-Microsoft Windows Server interoperability, furthers research and development collaboration, and provides IP assurances for Turbolinux users. A key customer component to the agreement is a collaborative "single sign-on" solution. According to a recent study released by SupportSoft Inc., a provider of technology problem resolution software provider, password problems — including the need to reset them — make up one out of every five calls received by corporate IT help desks. ( http://techluver.com/2007/10/22/microsoft-and-turbolinux-extend-broad-collaboration-agreement/ )"
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Seven areas where Linux could get better 0

Submitted by Stony Stevenson on Tuesday October 23 2007, @12:28AM

Stony Stevenson writes "This article discusses seven areas that Linux needs to improve on because for Linux, there is no road map, per se. To give a glimpse of the process, here are seven areas of development worth watching, based on interviews with developers and kernel maintainers, and time on www.kernelnewbies.org. Not all are moving ahead smoothly, illustrating the stop-and-go path improvements must travel to get into the kernel."

Apple says 250,000 iPhones Sold to Unlockers 1

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens

on Monday October 22 2007, @11:40PM

Hugh Pickens writes "Timothy D. Cook, Chief Operating Officer at Apple, disclosed during Apple's conference call to discuss their fourth quarter earnings that they estimate that 250,000 of the 1.4 Million iPhones that have been sold were bought by people intending to unlock the phone.

[The elasticity in demand with the price drop] enabled us to far surpass our expectation of hitting around a million units cumulatively by the end of the quarter. Some number of these were sold to people that have an intention to unlock and [while] we don't know precisely how many people are doing that, our current guess is there is probably 250,000 of the 1.4 million that we sold where people had bought them with the intention of doing that. Many of those happened after the price cut.
Apple knows how many iPhones have been sold and how many have been activated with ATT. The difference is the number that are unlocked."

He died HOW??? 0

Submitted by hyades1 on Monday October 22 2007, @11:26PM

hyades1 writes "UPI reports that the deputy mayor of New Delhi plummeted to his death during a tussle with aggressive monkeys. http://www.newsdaily.com/TopNews/UPI-1-20071022-20513500-bc-india-monkeys-crn.xml Deputy Mayor S.S. Bajwa was attacked by monkeys while standing on the balcony of his residence Saturday and fell to the ground during the ensuing struggle, CNN-IBN reports. Bajwa was taken to hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. Here, for the first time anywhere, is solid, documented proof that spanking the monkey can kill you."

What System Do You Use To Manage Your Life?-> 0

Submitted by

thinkingserious

on Monday October 22 2007, @09:32PM

thinkingserious writes "Specifically, I am posing this question to tech entrepreneurs who have one or more early stage companies to manage and demanding personal responsibilities. Here is a description of the current system I am using."
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Apple Doing Well on Macintosh Sales-> 0

Submitted by PhotoGuy on Monday October 22 2007, @07:45PM

PhotoGuy writes "CNN Money/Fortune is reporting on a great quarter by Apple. For those of you who keep saying Apple is primarily an iPod company, and other products are secondary, should note that Macintosh sales accounted for 64% of the company's revenue (up 34%). Aside from straightening out those who dismiss Apple as not being focused on the Mac line, this provides some comfort to me; knowing how integral the Mac and OSX is to Apple's ongoing success certainly helps ensure its ongoing future and support."
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Valve shuts down international versions in US 0

Submitted by

phildawg

on Monday October 22 2007, @07:40PM

phildawg writes "As of Friday, 10/19/2007, users of software involving steam have been shutdown and unable to play due to a "Wrong Territory" error. It appears a distributor in Asia was selling software against Valve's terms of sale agreement and Valve is now trying to rectify the situation. Basically, if your version of the game came from this distributor, the CD keys are no longer valid for play outside of that Territory. This seems to have hit eBay purchases the hardest. Unfortunately for many people over the past 3 years, these games all of a sudden just turned off Friday night at about 5pm. There has been little response from Valve and a 15 page thread has been deleted from their forum today as people who had purchased games for close to the full US retail price have been told to contact the store of purchase for a refund. Even for purchases that are 3 years old... Valve is reviewing each individual case, but before the thread was deleted, nobody reported success.

Circuit City ran the Orange box on sale for 37.99 with free shipping. People were purchasing the game for 32-36 dollars off eBay. These were not significant savings. These games generally shipped from Thailand, Australia, and some actually purchased these games while visiting the countries. All have been told, contact the store for a return. Since when do you crack down on customers instead of the distributor?

The following is a 24 page thread where people initially found a great deal they thought at only 26 dollars (please remember that on eBay, people paid on avg only a few dollars less, and this does not just affect US residents but also Australian, and for some these were actually purchased from Brick and Mortar retailers in Australia since it is relatively close to Thailand and they were using the distributor most likely unbeknown to them.)

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/74/772041"

What are your normal re-installs after a reformat? 0

Submitted by

Joshua W Ferguson

on Monday October 22 2007, @07:11PM

Joshua W Ferguson writes "I own a MacBook and am reformatting, afterwards I am going to use Bootcamp and get Windows on this machine too. Do you guys have any suggestions about what I software programs I should install afterwards? Developing environments (I'm going to need something for java and VB.NET), games, random helpful programs, I'm just looking to see anything that might be useful, helpful, or fun for either OS."

Facebook Faces Another Lawsuit 0

Submitted by jboitnott on Monday October 22 2007, @06:26PM

jboitnott writes "Facebook is having to deal with another lawsuit. This one is from an Indiana lady who says the company has made too much money off of text messages sent to people whose numbers used to belong to other customers. NBC11 Facebook Lawsuit Story"