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Linux Version of Acer Aspire One

Linux Version of Acer Aspire One

Acer brings 10-inch Aspire One with the Linux operating system and the SSD in the near future. The original Aspire One has a 8.9-inch screen with a choice of XP or a Linux distro called Linpus, and the option of a Solid-State Drive (SSD) or a hard disk. The Netbook mid-February. The SSD model with a capacity of 16 GB. However, there is no word about the date for the Linux model.

via ZDNet

New SSD for the Asus S101 Eee PC

New SSD for the Asus S101 Eee PC

Asus Eee PC S101 owners who may be using the valuable space may have a new option is available, because it is a further upgrade choice. Super Talent Technology now offers a new SSD for Asus Eee PC S101 with 64GB capacity.

64GB of course, does not sound much when compared to the mass level, most laptops, these days, but it id really big thing for the Windows Mobile-based Asus S101, with only a 16 GB low.

Apparently the new SSD has a mini-PCIe SATA interface, and brings 90 MB s sequential read and max speeds up to 55 MB s write speeds. The new SSD has been tested in functionality and performance for the Asus Eee PC S101.

via news.cnet

DIY Das Mac Keyboard

whitekeyboard DIY Das Mac Keyboard

Nothing gives you geek CRED like a keyboard with blank keys. It may all know that not only you each key without looking, but that you are ready for more than a hundred bucks to prove it. Although I admit that it has Das Keyboard the complaint as a Mac user, I can understand how some people do not really become a part of their aluminum keyboards. Fortunately, there is a quick and easy way to turn your regular Mac keyboard into a Mac keyboard.

You need some sophisticated equipment to pull this project. You need a pair of glasses, a mask that you wear to protect from smoke and a can of white spray paint. I could go through the entire process step by step, but I think you can make a rhyme to make from here. Of course, if you do not want the aluminum-look paint and only the key, you will be a bit more work on your hands. The result should be like the picture above, by Steve Essell to deal with this simple DIY project.

Dell Netbook Display is Better Than MacBook Pro

Dell Netbook Display is Better Than MacBook Pro

According to Rob Galbraith, it is. The veteran photographer and detail-obsessed camera expert has to turn his lens notebook display, she checked in particular as they relate to the pro-snapper.

The shocker is that the Dell Mini 9 proposes Unibody 15-inch MacBook Pro on color, viewing angle even though it slip again the ranking.

It turns out that Galbraith not like the new glossy glass screens Apple has forced on its two smaller notebooks:

For a long time, Apple laptop ruled the roost around here. With very few exceptions, goes back to the days of the PowerBook G4 portable Macs have been significantly more accurate color than any of the dozens of PCs and laptops, we profiled. Macs are no longer at the top of the laptop display heap our heads.

That has to hurt. The test was in an old classic, the Lenovo ThinkPad T60 and new 17 “Behemoth, the ThinkPad W700. Of the four, the ThinkPads swapped first and second place between them in color and perspective. The giant desktop replacement, the color as spot, as the optional $ 70 in color calibrator, which – at the push of a button and in the vicinity of a lid – the chlorine right in just three minutes.

It is interesting that the Apple Computer result so bad, but. Macs are great for photographers, and are reflected by a Netbook is just embarrassing.

Logitech Comfort Lapdesk

Logitech Comfort LapdeskIf you have a laptop you know the difficulties when using your laptop on the knees or in the womb, and often do not or you need some kind of support for the laptop to make it on the right angle and keep the heat from your legs.

The Logitech Comfort Lapdesk is a laptop support in hard plastic with a padded cushions, a bit like the padded cups dinner, you can now-a-days.

The Logitech Comfort Lapdesk is also useful as a desktop while lounging around on the sofa.