Posts Tagged ‘Netbook’

The Pointlessness of Google’s Chrome OS

Posted on July 22, 2009, 14:53, by Greg, under Hardware, In Development, Linux, Online apps, Open source, Web.

I was initially reluctant to write a post about Chrome OS, seeing as  Engadget and the other heavy machinery immediately posted murky “details” about Google’s new lightweight operating system, even though everyone fully knew that any screenshots and technical data were most likely fake (as a side-note, I find Gizmodo’s “deep reading” Chrome OS article [...]

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Pretty Shocking Netbook Battery Life Comparison

Posted on April 12, 2009, 14:03, by Greg, under General Productivity, Hardware.

An article on Netbook Review compares the battery life of numerous popular netbooks, e.g. the Asus Eee, MSI Wind, Dell Mini (Inspiron 9 and 12). What I found quite impressive was the long battery life of the MSI Wind (almost 7 hours!). On the other hand Dell’s mini laptops proved to be a great disappointment, [...]

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