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....
Jul 14, 2013 | Android, Google, Google+, laptops, phone, web_services
Let’s peer over the wall into the Google garden. The changes in one ecosystem are more or less irrelevant if you’re committed to one of the others. Pieces of the Google, Apple, and Microsoft ecosystems can be used across platforms, but you’ll get the biggest rewards...
May 20, 2013 | computers, laptops, Microsoft, tablet, Windows tips, Windows8
Here we go again. Windows 8 is succumbing to the pressure from too many people with too many agendas. It’s starting to get a bit of the Vista stink. Everybody seems to “know” that Windows 8 is something to be avoided. Nobody can articulate what the problems are – it’s...
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....
Mar 6, 2013 | Amazon, laptops, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet
Let’s not mince words: very few people have purchased Microsoft’s Surface tablets. It’s still early in the long game that Microsoft is playing but the world is not exactly being changed overnight. Microsoft is trying to position the Surface devices more clearly in the...
