Oct 27, 2013 | Android, Apple, Dell, Google, Google+, hardware, iPad, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, OneDrive, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Previously: It’s Not The Device, It’s The Ecosystem Let’s break down the new tablets by ecosystem. I’ll give you some shopping tips along the way. APPLE Everyone can find something to like in an iPad. The iPad Air (9.7” screen) brings the weight of the full-size iPad...
Oct 7, 2013 | hardware, Lenovo, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8
Windows tablets have a lot to offer business users whose time is spent using Microsoft Office programs on Windows computers and notebooks. If you slip into Microsoft’s ecosystem, your files will follow you onto the tablet along with your settings and your Internet...
Sep 3, 2013 | Dell, hardware, laptops, Lenovo, shopping
Dell and Lenovo have released details of new business laptops that take advantage of the latest advances in Intel’s Haswell chipsets to increase speed, reduce weight, and extend battery life. Expect them to be shipping in the next few weeks, along with more new models...
Jul 24, 2013 | computers, hardware, laptops, netbooks, shopping, tablet, Windows8
In the twenty-year history of personal computing, there has always been a reason to wait a few months to buy the Next Big Thing. So let me tell you about the Next Big Thing, but with a disclaimer – if you need a new computer or tablet, go buy a computer or tablet....
Apr 1, 2013 | computers, hardware, laptops, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8
There is finally a strong selection of Windows 8 laptops on the market, but they are mixed with the aging inventory of models that do not take advantage of the improvements in laptop design – lighter weight, thinner profiles, faster hard drives, and touchscreens....
Feb 24, 2013 | Google, hardware, laptops, shopping
Google has achieved a rare distinction: it has now launched not one but two of the strangest, most pointless products in the long history of stupid tech products. Last year Google introduced the Nexus Q, an orb-shaped streaming media player designed for living rooms....