Windows 7 - Again (Nearly 7 Different Versions)

Here is the Windows 7 Line up.

* Starter
* Home Basic
* Home Premium
* Professional
* Enterprise
* Ultimate

The Starter is actually a non-starter as you're only allowed to run three programs - not sure if this is a joke.

Home Basic will probably be installed on severely underpowered but cool looking netbooks for women. You can bet the updated version of Sony Vaio P will install this one.

Home Premium comes with Aero and available at retails stores. This is the one most will expect but get confused when they get the Basic Version.

Professional comes with complicated and boring stuff like Domain Join and desktop host.

Enterprise is for business because of it's volume licensing. Most can ignore this.

Ultimate comes with everything, and who cares.

What outcry! So many versions again! But will anyone care? Not really. If they can access the web and play a few games, all is good.

Windows 7 - Not Again

Do we really need another operating system? After all, every one is just getting used to Vista. Now, we have to learn a new operating system. I'm not talking about the veteran users who went through the entire windows era and wants to put Windows 7 on everything including their calculator watches, we're talking about the new casual computer users.

The one's that just want to get on the net, facebook their lives and twitter themselves to no end, while ituning their ipods with the latest torrents. Surely you don't expect them to figure out again what everything is supposed to do again.
64 Bit, 32 Bit, 128 Bit means nothing, since the casual users are just figured out what a core two duo really is. Are have they?

Sony Vaio P - Squint! Squint!

Having seen the Sony Vaio P and played around with it, I can say it's the most hyped up piece of beauty ever.

It's hyped up battery life is pitiful. It's hyped up 8 inch screen which allows two webpages to be shown simultaneously looks good, but the fonts are so hard to read, one wonders what can be done on the netbook. Hyped up size that partially fits into your back pocket. It really isn't that thin and to be honest, the exterior casing when closed looks absolutely amazing, but open it up and it's ugh! Windows with boring silver palette keyboard.

So disappointed. Netbooks have now become really boring and I was hoping this would change everything. In fact netbooks have become so boring, I'm thinking of getting a smartphone instead.

UK Software Developers Earn More Money?

Games are all about America and Japan. The Xbox, the Nintendo and the Playstation. Making a game is not about being a clever programmer or having a great idea. It takes a lot planning, time and most of all money. Without money, most games will never see the day of light. Running costs that reaches over six or seven figures are the norm and what you really need is a good team of developers. They also don't come cheap.

In the UK Female Games Developers are earning a lot of money. In fact they earn higher than the average national worker and they also earn more than their male counterparts. If only statistics reflected reality and not some skewed method of voluntary data collection.

Google Search Broken - Literally Breaking News

Literally hours ago, any search made by Google was effectively denied. It seems to be clearing up now with reports from Belgium being the first to resume service.

Thousands of sites flooding with the news and with the sudden jump to alternative search engines, it's a good time to see what the alternatives are.

Though, I have a funny feeling by the time I finish posting this, everything will be fine.

(update)

Oh, well. I was right.

HP Mini1000tv Vivienne Tam - Hot Edition

There was I transfixed with Sony's latest but ultimately expensive offering. When closed, the Sony Vaio P netbook or lifestyle computer is just a beauty to behold. But open it up and it's the ugh - silver muck that just makes me so want to procrastinate. I had a look at another netbook. The Mini Note 1000 and it's a gorgeous black netbook but with XP running on it. Something about it just seems ordinary. Well, step in Vivienne Tam, who I have never heard of until now. She was responsible for this absolutely gorgeous looking redesign or repaintwork of the HP Mini Note. Just look at the wild, ferocious red paint! It's just a shame that the lid looks like someone barfed on it.

Anti-Virus Software a Reality? - Apple Mac

Wanting to buy a Mac, this is one thing I thought I would never have to worry. It's not about the security, it's not about the dangers of viruses, and it's nothing to do with having something that's better than a PC. It's the bloat that is going to come with these sort of programs.

First it's the anti-virus program, then it's going to be the spyware program, then it's going to be the firewall and finally it's going to be all those mandatory updates. This means upgrading memory, upgrading hardware to keep up with the bloat and turning a lovely machine into a PC.

Bruce Lee - PC or Mac?

Imagine what would happen if you applied the Bruce Lee's quote to Apple Macs.

1. Hack away at the unessential.

Definately a Mac. It has nothing but the essentials.

2. As you think, so you shall become.

Definately a Mac guy.

3. If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

No wonder I'm never able to switch to a Mac. I keep thinking about switching and...

4. To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person

I need to swap office files with someone at work who uses a PC. So, therefore I'm a PC?

5. Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

This is not going to help me buy a mac.

6. Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

Well, part of getting shiny, smooth, all aluminium macbook is to ...

I guess Bruce Lee doesn't like computers.

Acer c100/c110 - Cheap Netbook Tablet PC

When it was first released it was a bargain for a tablet PC. However, tablet PC's have never really taken off and so the model was discontinued and replaced with a newer version.

In order to make way for the new version, the old version could be found at bargain prices. In fact it was sold at a price similar to today's netbooks. Some of course could be found on Ebay.

What made the Acer c100 different to today's netbooks was of course the fact that you could use a pen and twist it's screen and transform it into a tablet PC. Tablet PC has many features that are usually more fun than they are productive.

It was fun to draw things with the pen and it was fun to highlight data in excel spreadsheets. It did have a feature which was amazing and that was the ability to transform handwritten cursory text into normal text.

The text were easy to read on the 10.2 inch screen but sometimes when not running on AC the screen will dim, making it difficult to read in bright areas.

Inside the Acer, there didn't seem to be a fan and so it was very quiet. However, it could also get quite hot when using demanding apps.

Being based on a Mobile Pentium, Windows XP Tablet, various touchscreen apps and video players performed minimally and the boot up and resume from hard disk was slow over time.

Old technology such as the Acer C100 seemed to look and feel like today's netbooks. due ito it's size and operating system. However, more often than not you will find that it is much heavier and less adequate compared to current netbooks.

HP Mini1000 - Black Stallion of Netbooks.

Just look at that shiny black keyboard. It just begs to be typed on. It's hard to look anywhere else. The price is good and the size is good too. The screen is good and although the glossy finish can be a nightmare outside, a matte screen is just so dull and feels like work. The battery is life is reasonable lasting just under 3 hours of constant use. But what on earth are those buttons doing on the side of the trackpad?