Pages Tagged “Laptop”

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Notes on E-Paper Display Computers A low-power e-ink laptop sounds great, but I haven’t found any yet. Just prototypes, Android tablets, and high-powered e-ink/OLED hybrids.

Not Sure About a Laptop Phone Dock
Techcitement writes: The Universal Lapdock Is Coming: Enter the ClamBook, the first Android-compatible product by iPad keyboard-case maker ClamCase. Using a single MHL cable…the ClamBook provides an Android-laptop experience delivered by your phone. The problem I have with this idea is that itâs essentially a second device, but one that canât be used without the […]
(Jun 2012)
Netbook, Laptop or Smartphone?
I briefly considered doing a fresh install on the old PowerBook to see if it could be used as a second laptop, instead of just wiping it to recycle, but quickly remembered that the reason we replaced it was a hardware problem. Still, it would be nice to have two portable computers for when we […]
(Nov 2009)
Power Down
Subject: An old G4 PowerBook laptop which locks up after several hours of use. Goals: Test the memory so that, if it’s good, we can resell it instead of recycling it. Wipe the hard disk so that we can recycle the computer. Tools: Tech Tool Pro 4 disc Tech Tool Pro 5 disc Mac OS […]
(Nov 2009)
Coffee ClichÃ©
Realized I’m doing the cliche coffee+laptop+wifi thing…except I’m at home with coffee I brewed myself and using my own network.
(Jun 2009)
Why I Want a Netbook (and why I’m not letting myself get one)
I’ve started seriously thinking about a netbook to get around a few issues with posting by phone, but I know I’d only use it once a year.
(Jun 2009)