Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
What’s going on in laptop land?
Prices are up – way up. I’d love to get some better metrics, but for now I’ll just go on a few specific data points from observations over the last couple of months. When I was deciding whether or not to get a Chromebook after Christmas I could have picked up a white AMD (E-1200) […]
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Tags: AMD, Chromebook, Intel, laptop, pricing, rises, Windows
I’m starting a new job at the end of the week, and I’ve been agonising over whether I should treat myself to a shiny new laptop. I’m *really*tempted by an 11″ MacBook Air[1], but at the same time I’m inclined to hold off until a Haswell-ULT/ULX version comes along (which might then have an all […]
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Tags: apple, Chromebook, disruption, innovators dilemma, iPad, MacBook Air, MBA, Metro, Surface Pro, ultrabook, Windows 8
Presenting with a Chromebook
I decided to use my Samsung ARM Chromebook for a presentation at Brighton Pi last night. It did not go well. Creating the presentation Using Google Docs instead of Powerpoint was pretty straightforward. I never do much fancy with my slides – usually just a visual anchor or a few bullet points, so no real […]
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Tags: beamer, Chromebook, crash, dual, freeze, google, Google Docs, hang, HDMI, lock up, offline, presenting, projector, screen, share, unstable
Lenovo S206 – first impressions
First the really good news – Lenovo (or more specifically their fulfilment partner Digital River) managed to take an order from me and ship (on time) without some major disaster happening (as I’ve suffered before, repeatedly). They seem to have entirely given up on supplying order tracking information, which is little change in practice to […]
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Tags: 11.6", ACHI, AMD, APU, benchmark, driver, E1200, E1800, lenovo, performance, review, S206, ssd, x121e
Chromebook – a week on the road
I spent the past week as exec in residence for the London Fintech Innovation Lab, working with the 7 winning startups based in the shiny new Level 39 Technology Accelerator at Canary Wharf. It seemed like the perfect chance to try out my Chromebook in a more work oriented setting. Battery life I was brave, […]
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Tags: battery, Chromebook, Chrubuntu, OpenVPN, telephony, Voice, voip
End of support, end of the line
I’ve written before about the myth of software support. Software mostly doesn’t work, vendors mostly don’t fix stuff, and the world keeps turning anyway. Everything’s broken and nobody’s upset. So why do companies stop using perfectly good stuff (hardware and software) simply because they can’t buy support from the original vendor? This position seems nonsensical […]
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Tags: end of life, IRIS, Pano Logic, support
One of the things that attracted me to buying a Chromebook was reports I’d read that it would run Ubuntu (and run it fast). Today my 32GB Transcend Class 10 SDHD card arrived, so I set to work installing ChrUbuntu – Ubuntu 12.04 packaged up for the Chromebook[1]. Like some others I hit an issue […]
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Tags: ARM, Chromebook, ChromeOS, Chrubuntu, crosh, dev mode, Linux, parted, SD card, SSH, Ubuntu
ARM Chromebook – one week on
I got my Chromebook a week ago, so it’s time to reflect on my experiences so far (beyond my initial first impressions). The good parts Blogging – it’s pretty much a perfect blogging tool, and I’ve managed to get a lot of posts done in the past week. The holiday may have had something to […]
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Tags: 303C, ARM, Chrome, Chromebook, Chrubuntu, discards, iPad, memory leak, RDP, refresh, remote desktop, Samsung, SSH, tabs, Ubuntu
Netbook mort?
Over the past few days I’ve seen a few articles about netbooks. One was declaring that 2012 was the year the Netbook Died, another saying the netbook isn’t dead — it’s just resting (with perhaps an even more interesting Hacker News comments thread). So what’s really going on? A couple of years ago I wrote that […]
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Tags: AMD, ARM, Chromebook, Intel, Microsoft, netbook, ssd
I’ve been without a laptop for a few weeks[1], and whilst tablets are fine for consumption and the occasional comment I’ve missed having a keyboard for proper creative work. I’ve been tempted by Lenovo’s Black Friday sale for the X230[2], various Ultrabooks and Netbooks[3], but by the time I’d got an SSD[4] I’d be looking at £400-£500. […]
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Tags: apps, ARM, Chromebook, google, RDP, Samsung, SSH, VNC
