Comments on: Phew! http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/ reading, writing, coding, making Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16597 blogmywiki Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:26:12 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16597 This made me laugh - comparison of the MacBook Air and the Portable Commodore 64 from 1983: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/20/tob_commodore_sx_64/ This made me laugh – comparison of the MacBook Air and the Portable Commodore 64 from 1983: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/20/tob_commodore_sx_64/

]]> By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16414 blogmywiki Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:09:13 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16414 Looks like if I should be worried about anything, it's the <a href="http://www.everex.com/" rel="nofollow">Everex CloudBook</a> and <a href="http://www.thinkgos.com/" rel="nofollow">gOS</a>... although the CloudBook deviates from my dream machine spec by having a hard drive. Very cute, though. gOS is a very cute Linux desktop too. Looks like if I should be worried about anything, it’s the Everex CloudBook and gOS… although the CloudBook deviates from my dream machine spec by having a hard drive. Very cute, though. gOS is a very cute Linux desktop too.

]]> By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16314 blogmywiki Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:12:25 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16314 :-) :-)

]]> By: ditdotdat http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16313 ditdotdat Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:08:48 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16313 You guys, you're like Statler and Waldorf in the muppets! You guys, you’re like Statler and Waldorf in the muppets!

]]> By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16285 blogmywiki Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:36:18 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16285 Mmm, how often have I said 'if only this laptop were thinner, dammit'? Mmm, how often have I said ‘if only this laptop were thinner, dammit’?

]]> By: James http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16279 James Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:28:55 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16279 It's also not that small (apparently). Of course it's really very very very thin, but its footprint is about the same as my MacBook, so it still takes up the same amount of lap space. It’s also not that small (apparently). Of course it’s really very very very thin, but its footprint is about the same as my MacBook, so it still takes up the same amount of lap space.

]]> By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16278 blogmywiki Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:57:43 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16278 Oh, and you can easily change the battery in an eeePC... unlike the MacBook Air which has an iPod-style internal battery. The more I think about it, the more I think Apple have gone insanely insane. Obviously I just don't get it - at any rate I just don't want to rent movies from iTunes. Oh, and you can easily change the battery in an eeePC… unlike the MacBook Air which has an iPod-style internal battery.

The more I think about it, the more I think Apple have gone insanely insane. Obviously I just don’t get it – at any rate I just don’t want to rent movies from iTunes.

]]> By: blogmywiki http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16274 blogmywiki Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:50:11 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16274 Yes, ditdotdat, I know Apple are ahead of the game - usually. Firewire (which they seem to be dropping - my 1st gen brick iPod is still faster at file transfer than a modern iPod), introducing USB, dropping the floppy. I just think the MacBook Air is far too expensive and, as James says, you can't help but think it's a toy for Steve Jobs and no-one else. Yes, ditdotdat, I know Apple are ahead of the game – usually. Firewire (which they seem to be dropping – my 1st gen brick iPod is still faster at file transfer than a modern iPod), introducing USB, dropping the floppy. I just think the MacBook Air is far too expensive and, as James says, you can’t help but think it’s a toy for Steve Jobs and no-one else.

]]> By: ditdotdat http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16271 ditdotdat Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:28:21 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16271 "Apple are crazy for making a computer with no floppy drive, how will people install programs?" “Apple are crazy for making a computer with no floppy drive, how will people install programs?”

]]> By: James http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16267 James Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:35:09 +0000 http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2008/01/phew/#comment-16267 We were in Toys R Us at the weekend (don't ask...) and they had an eeePC on display there. It was the first I'd seen in the flesh and no photograph had prepared me how small and cute it was. I had to try hard not to drool. Even Lucy, and she's really not geeky at all, was impressed. I read someone on the 'net say the Macbook Air is the laptop Steve Jobs will use, but maybe no-one else. We were in Toys R Us at the weekend (don’t ask…) and they had an eeePC on display there. It was the first I’d seen in the flesh and no photograph had prepared me how small and cute it was. I had to try hard not to drool.

Even Lucy, and she’s really not geeky at all, was impressed.

I read someone on the ‘net say the Macbook Air is the laptop Steve Jobs will use, but maybe no-one else.

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