A daily driver that looks like a hotrod
Posted by Kathleen Maher on July 7th 2009 | Permalink
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Hardware Review
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hp
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hdx
FIGURE 1: Right side view. (Source: Hewlett Packard) FIGURE 2: Left side view--moving the data. (Source: Hewlett Packard) FIGURE 3: Looks like the DV6Z has a bigger gas tank. (Source: Jon Peddie Research) FIGURE 4: The DV6Z is faster too. (Source: Jon Peddie Research) Computers and cars can be judged using almost the same criteria. You have your “trailer babies” that are carried around to impress but never do much (perhaps your CEO who has the most expensive laptop in the world but only uses it to look at Excel spreadsheets and show it off at board meetings). You have your…
How low can you go?
Posted by Jon Peddie on September 22nd 2009 | Permalink
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Hardware Review
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mobile
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ibm
verbatim
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2.13 billion bits per buck, that’s how low. For one U.S. penny you get 21 million bits of memory in a package not much bigger than a U.S. penny. Verbatim has introduced an 8GB USB memory for $30. Verbatim, one of the pioneer companies of the industry, having started in 1969 with a license from IBM to build floppy discs, has gone through the usual ups and downs, management changes, and refinancing gyrations any 50-year-old company…
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