Melanie Dejonge asked:




For less than three hundred dollars, you can now get a ten inch Acer computer, one with a sizable hard drive and a very workable screen size and keyboard size, that will easily fit in a large purse and is light and portable enough to take with you basically everywhere.

If you are a person that works largely from your computer, and especially if you take your computer back and forth between your home and your office, lightness and portablity can be key factors in your laptop decision. I know that I, personally, have suffered many a headache from lugging my seventeen inch laptop around from home to the office where I do SEO work, and back again, when that was my primary laptop. Thank God those days are over! I wouldn’t go back there for the world.

Now that I have the Acer ten inch laptop, I simply zip it into its padded cover and slip it into my purse. If I’m planning to use it for a long time while I’m out, I will bring the bag that I have which contains the power cord and my wireless mouse, as well. Those don’t take up very much room, either. Everything together is so light that I barely even notice the difference in weight in my purse!

Another thing I love about the Acer ten inch computer is that it doesn’t run on Windows Vista, it runs on Windows XP. Because in my line of work as a freelance niche marketer and search engine optimization consultant, I use a lot of custom software, it’s great to have a laptop that will easily run pretty much any custom software I want to install, smoothly and easily.

I couldn’t be happier with my Acer ten inch laptop!

Jon Norwood asked:




Laptop computers have long been a business-class tool with a price that was out of reach for most consumers. Even businesses could not afford to supply all of its employees a top of the line laptop. Prices are now plummeting to the point that almost anyone can afford some sort of laptop or notebook computer without going into debt. This is a boon to many consumers, but students will benefit the most.

In the past to purchase a low cost laptop or notebook, the quality of the device would be sub par or horribly out of date. Now with the wide availability Refurbished Laptops a high quality, relatively new laptop computer can be purchased for oftentimes less than half the new list price. This can mean a good laptop for under $1000.00, and many for less than $500.00.

The speed in which technology is evolving is break neck, and daunting for many businesses and consumers to keep up with. A top of the line computer is less than adequate in 6 months and outdated in a year. While this has been a burden to keep up with, it also means that there are always plenty of used laptops available for sale. Lower income consumers and schools can now afford technology that is only a year out from the manufacturer and is still a viable and powerful tool.

Wireless Internet capabilities are an important reason students need laptops more and more these days. With the power of a desktop computer in a students backpack school work can be done anywhere at any time, and wireless Internet allows the needed research to get homework done fast. This can make homework easier, faster, and fun.

In the past consumers had to choose between a light and portable laptop, and a rugged boat anchor that could withstand a great deal of punishment. Now rugged laptops are available that are easy to carry, and powerful in use. There are still choices to be made, and extremely sturdy laptops can be purchased at the cost of weight but such tools should not be required at a consumer level.

Most major manufacturers carry refurbished laptops and notebook computers. Websites such as Dell, HP, CompUSA, and TigerDirect offer a myriad of used laptops in a wide price range. Amazon.com is another distributor that can provide used computer parts, but the major manufacturers are more likely to have a better selection.

David Parish asked:




Laptops were originally designed as niche products to meet special computing needs. These mini desktops distinctively targeted business leaders who are highly on the go. By using laptops, managers can take their job with them and can easily store important data they require for their transactions.

Laptop computers have become very powerful devices that have the ability to perform complicated computing tasks. It is for this reason that laptop computers are now used by almost everybody. A good number of professionals now use laptops to accomplish their job and even students are permitted by the school authorities to make use of laptops.

Looking Into the History of Laptops

NASA used the first laptop for its space missions. The first generation laptops were big portable computers and powered by a mere 340 kilobyte memory. Since these early laptops have folding display screen and portable, historians considered these early laptops as the ancestors of all modern laptops.

As the production of chip technology became sophisticated, laptop computers have become smaller. In 1981 the first book-like laptop computer was created. It includes a small folding screen, an internal modem, and floppy drive. The early generations of laptops also have computer programs installed on their system.

Development and research on computer technology accelerated in the mid 1980s. There was a need for laptops for business and individual use. Since then, laptop computers have become smaller, lighter, thinner and very powerful.

These days, you can put a typical laptop in a small brown envelope. Its weight can also be compared to standard textbook. Most laptops also have mini-hard drives that can store gigabytes of data. Processors of modern laptops have become faster and usually operate with 1 to 5 GB of RAM.

Specialized Aspects of Advanced Laptops

Practically all the standard features of a desktop are available in laptops. Laptops now have fully operating removable gadgets such as DVD / CD ROM drives and burners. They also have hubs for small gadgets such as flash drives, card readers, and mobile telephony devices.

Almost all types of wired and wireless networking devices can be supported by laptops. They have ports available for modem, a network hub, WiFi connection, and satellite connection. These features are extremely useful for professionals, gamers, internetworking, and personal computing.

While videographers and journalists can also use their laptop computer to instantly edit the videos they have captured so they can easily broadcast news through the Internet. This shows the effectiveness of the laptop computer in the quick dissemination of information.

Recent Laptop Innovations

IT companies began to make Netbooks and subnotebooks in view of the fact that high-end laptop computer is too expensive for the general public. These are laptops that can be used for general mobile computing even with limited functions.

By using a Netbook, you can browse Web sites, check email, and carry out tasks online. Though the Netbook have minimum hard disk space they have enough memory speed for convenient web browsing. The Netbook can also be used for online games.

Laptop computer has opened the way for highly mobile computing. With the advancements in computer technology, you will see recent models of laptops with amazing functions.

Alamdar H asked:




Computers are one of the major inventions of the world. The invention of computer has changed the world. During these days every field of life seems to be computerized. Later in the 21st century a new technology was introduced in the world known as mobile computing. Now-a-days computers are modified into mobile computers known as laptops.

A small introduction of mobile computing is that you can do your work in motion. In simple words it means that you can do your work while sitting anywhere in the world. You do not have to sit at one place to do your work.

Following are some of the advantages of mobile computing.

The main benefit of mobile computers is that you do not have to bind yourself to a certain place. You can do your work while sitting in a car or a train. You can communicate with other people while sitting anywhere in the world. You can chat online with your friends and family members while sitting on a beach. You can do your office work while sitting anywhere.

The second major benefit is related to the first benefit. When people can do their work while sitting anywhere they will do more work. This will play an important role in the economy of the country and the world.

During these days there is no problem for a student to search any information that he needs for his assignment. Many people use these mobile computers for entertainment. Children play video games on these computers.

henery008 asked:




HP’s tx2000 series with latest mobile computing technologies and new entertainment features with the ease of handwriting detection and ultra portability. The next-generation touch screen is more advance and responsive to your touch. In a small portable design featuring the new Imprint Finish and a newly designed keyboard gives great looks.

HP tablet PC features

· Weight 4.3 lbs easy to carry any where

· Easily swing screen up to 180

· Mini Remote control to navigate and play audio video files.

· Improve productivity with the power Intel Processors.

· Run multiple applications simultaneously with a speedy, powerful, dual-core processor and advanced graphics card.

· High capacity hard disk to store all large files, music, videos and photos.

· High-resolution screen.

· Faster internet browsing with Gigabit Ethernet.

· Touch the screen with your finger to control your computer

· Protection with fingerprint reader.

HP Tablet PC Specs:



AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core processor TL-66 2.3GHz

Up to 4GB DDR2 RAM (review unit had 2GB)

Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 graphics

Hard drive options of 120GB, 160GB or 250GB

12.1″ WXGA touch screen display with built in digitizer (1280×800 resolution)

Light Scribe Super Multi or Super Multi 8X DVD+/-R/RW

Windows Vista Home, Business or Ultimate OS

Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet

802.11a/b/g/n with Bluetooth

Express Card Slot

3 x USB ports

2 x headphone out and one microphone-in

VGA-15 pin

TV-Out S-video

RJ-11 and RJ-45

Notebook Expansion port 3

2 x Consumer IR

Battery: 4-cell or 6-cell Lithium-Ion

Weight: 4.3 pounds with weight saver and 4-cell battery

Dimensions: 8.82″(L) x 12.05″(W) x 1.23″(H)



 

 

Mark Behnken asked:




Pink laptops for everyone!

Pink laptops are grabbing the attention of woman and yes even men everywhere. In fact pink is becoming one of the most widely sought out laptop color options today, especially with woman.

I mean come on, who doesn’t want to sport one of those cool pink notebooks that Reese Witherspoon blasted on the big screen in the popular movie Legally Blonde?

Ok, I’m personally not a pink guy myself, but I do know more than a fair share of people who’d love to get their hands on one. At the least you will make a bold, ok very bold fashion statement.

I can guarantee you will at the minimum grab passing glances when you use your brand new pink notebook on campus or at your favorite coffee corner.

In fact, I’m willing to bet you will grab the attention of some very interesting people simply by sporting one in any public location.

Pink and the fabulous world of personalization!

As you are most likely already aware, customizing the tech products we buy today is becoming a way of life for many, especially for our current tech savvy generation.

Common favorites include pink cell phones, iPods of course, digital cameras, and yes let’s not forget laptops.

In fact, there are currently tons of big name laptop manufacturers including Sony, Dell, Fujitsu, Samsung, Asus, MSI, Clevo, and LG among others who already offer pink laptops. Most laptop makers appear to be jumping on the pink bandwagon too.

Of course even with all the choices now and in the near future there may still be a manufacturer who you are interested in that does not offer a pink laptop. And even if they do you may not always find one in that perfect shad of pink either, right?

Not a problem, even if you can’t find a laptop in your favorite shade of pink there are specialists out there who will actually custom paint many laptops, including industry favorite laptops such as the Apple MacBook series. Can you say pink Apple Mac laptops!

One such company is Colorware. They specialize in providing the service of custom painting new Apple Mac laptops into pink Apple Mac laptops if desired. In fact, they even offer numerous shades of pink and over thirty other possible colors besides pink.

You can also have other popular laptops including some Dell XPS and ThinkPad systems custom painted in your favorite shade of pink. So in the end if you can’t find that perfect pink laptop offered by your favorite manufacturer you can always turn to companies such as Colorware for all your pink laptop needs.

Steve Bralovich asked:




LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen is a new device that lets you store audio with your notes as you write and play them back later by simply clicking a link on your note paper.

It makes recording business meetings, lectures, speeches or any other audio a real breeze. It lets you associate audio with your notes as you write on special dotted paper, and stores those notes inside it electronically. Other devices currently on the market, only capture data onto your PC but the Pulse is the first to link intelligent audio capability with data entry giving you an efficient way to save and replay your notes while you’re on the go.

This opens up new possibilities for tools that enhance personal productivity, learning, communications, and entertainment and could possibly launch a new era in mobile computing.

Somewhat bigger than a Montblanc style pen, Livescribe’s smartpen was developed to substitute the common, workaday pen as a computer user’s main writing tool. Employing new breakthroughs in memory, storage, microprocessors, connectivity and component size, the smartpen is an innovative, advanced paper-based computing device, with both audio and visual feedback, hefty processing capabilities and substantial built-in storage of up to 2 GB.

The “mobile-computing platform”, as described by LiveScribe founder Jim Marggraff, consists of:

- the Smartpen, a fountain-pen-sized computer with audio/visual feedback and memory for handwriting capture, audio recording and applications

- paper with Dot Positioning System technology that creates interactive documents using plain paper printed with microdots

- software applications, including audio/ink capture, handwriting recognition and Internet connectivity

- and tools for consumers and developers to create, publish and share new applications and content online

Basically, how Pulse works is this:

While taking notes during a discussion or lecture, the smartpen records the conversation and digitizes the handwriting, automatically synching the ink and audio. By later tapping the ink, the smartpen replays the conversation from the exact moment the note was written. This makes it easy to find an exact quotation without having the bother of scanning the audio of a lengthy discourse using traditional means. Shortening the time it takes to find these audio tracks is bound to save a lot of time for many people who report and write for a living.

This makes it an ideal tool for students, lawyers, doctors, journalists, bloggers and no doubt plenty of other professionals who need a more natural way to transcribe, record and find information quickly while on the go.

From a practical point of view, the only thing that concerns me about this great new techno toy is the cost of the special paper and ink used by the pen. The pen itself is inexpensive with 1 GB and 2 GB models going for $149 and $199 respectively but the last thing I want to do is get bogged down with pricey consumables. I didn’t see any pricing regarding that on their website, so I can’t report on it just yet but have you checked out the price of ink cartridges for printers lately? Anyway, before you decide to try this new toy out, be sure to check out those prices so you don’t get roped into expenses you didn’t count on.

Regarding the paper itself, I would have liked to have seen some form of writing tablet accessory that would replace the paper in some cases. This would eliminate some additional expense and save a few trees in the process. Perhaps, the company will take that into consideration in the future.

One last note for any developers out there, the LiveScribe has an SDK and CDK that will be released by mid 2008, so if you’re interested in possibly doing some development for this new platform, check out their website and sign up for the developer program.

MysteryGuitarMan asked:

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Ray Brown asked:




Everyone has fallen in love with these pink laptops. While the girls love them for the color and the fact that they look so cute, the guys are even turning their attention to them, because in today’s offices; pink is the color of power.

Sure you may not want to have one yourself, but I can guarantee that simply passing by one at the computer store in the mall will make you stop for a second and take a glance. No one can resist them and there is no point in even trying. Today the pink laptops in all of their glorious shades are fast becoming the most popular choice amongst laptop users everywhere.

This is not just about a pink laptop though. Instead it is about an entire fashion concept. Women everywhere want to make sure that they are perfectly matched from their iPod, to their cell phone and especially when it comes to their computer. Whether you are still in college or a high flying professional; the pink laptop has become the ultimate item in ladies fashions.

The best part though is that while the laptop color choices have been long awaited for, now the other pieces of technology we use every day comes in a large selection of colors. Why not have all of your digital accessories matching perfectly? You can because there is now so many color options and different shades of pink available that you can find the perfect match for your needs.

You won’t have any problems finding a pink laptop though because all of the major manufacturers like Dell, Asus, Sony and even Fujitsu offer this color option. They come in many different shades from the traditional sexy pinks to the flashy chromatic hot pinks.

Best of all though, if you cannot find the perfect shade of pink that you are looking for then you will be happy to know that there are specialists out there that have the capabilities of custom painting your laptop in any shade you are wanting.

Allen Symonds asked:




Windows Mobile is an operating system for mobile and handheld devices. Part of the Windows CE family, it is used in a lot of Smartphones, Pocket PCs, Portable Media Centers, and on-board computers for certain automobiles. It can be seen as a scaled down version of the Windows Operating System, still incorporating the popular applications from the Windows System. In version 6.1 now, it has come a long way across from just an OS to a powerful system with a lot of applications and rich features. Carrying the popular applications like Microsoft Office, Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer and the Outlook mail client (all in the mobile versions ofcourse), and even the famous Windows task bar. It offers the similar Windows experience on the smaller devices as on the desktop. A user familiar with Windows Operating System won’t feel out of place when using it.

Its growth over the years has been pretty impressive. Over the last year, Microsoft’s shipment had almost doubled, indicating the rising popularity of the OS. HTC, which almost accounts for almost the entire share of Windows Mobile based smartphones, has the widest range of phones running it. HTC has been observing a steady rise in its shipments over the years, cementing its growth.

Rapidsoft has been developing applications for Windows Mobile for many years now, and being a Microsoft Certified Partner, Rapidsoft is now very experienced in developing applications for this popular OS. Catering to the offshore outsourcing market, Rapidsoft can help you in development of your Windows Mobile based applications, and also port your existing ones in other platforms to it. Offering a custom solution to your application development needs, Rapidsoft can provide cost effective solutions which are fully built the way the client wants it to be.