And the top mini-laptop maker is…

Here is Tuesday’s post on Wednesday…

Acer! This quarter they gained a 38.3% share in this newly developing market. In second place is Asus with a 30.3% market share.

What are “mini-laptops”? They are a smaller version of the regular laptop computer, run either windows XP or linux, and are mainly used for e-mail and web browsing. Asus created the first mini-laptop, called a “netbook”, in late 2007.

Here is the link to the full article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212300571&subSection=All+Stories

Linux PC’s now offered by IBM

Hey all,

Thought this might be up your alley if you are a computer geek like I am.

IBM, which usually makes PC’s for Microsoft, has now come out with a new line of computers. They are now offering Linux for the PC instead of the default Windows. According to IBM, “…the system can save businesses $500 to $800 per user on Microsoft software licenses and an additional $258 per user “since there is no need to upgrade hardware to support Windows Vista and Office…”

My personal take on this? I am liking where the technology is heading, more open-source. Why? I seem to like the “anybody can improve” line of open-source. It also is harder for hackers to get into, in my opinion, as many people are working and improving the software. Whereas Microsoft and Apple have to worry about someone hacking into their “top secret” information and messing up the OS, Linux seems to not worry about it. The multitude of people working on Linux and improving it is impressive, and is shown by the quality of the OS. I toyed around with Red Hat, a flavor of Linux, in my younger years. It was a bit more code oriented, but I liked the feel and way the OS handled itself. More recently I have looked into Ubuntu, which I like alot more than Red Hat. First thing that blew me away, my jaw actually dropped, in Ubuntu was the look of it. Take a look for yourself if you are interested: http://www.ubuntu.com/

To read the full article about IBM offering a Linux line of PC’s, go to: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212202109&subSection=Hosted+Software

Episode #47 will be late

Due to some massive computer problems and the length of time it will take to fix this problem, the latest episode in the Taylor Marek Podcast will be late. I did have everything ready before my computer crashed though, so you won’t miss anything when I post the episode.

My computer is suffering from an extreme case of BSOD’s (Blue Screen of Death) relating to driver and memory errors. It is bad enough that I had to take it into a local computer shop for repair. If you know a solution and might be able to help me, feel free to contact me.

As soon as this problem is fixed, the podcast will be back on track. Thanks for understanding.

Update: Everything is back to normal, ignore this post.

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Microsoft Table PC

No, I spelled it correctly. Microsoft is coming out with a new computing device in a coffee table.


Think about the possibilities. Now you can dump coffee on your computer.

This new PC sports an entirely new feature, it has no mouse or keyboard. You control this computer entirely on touch alone. It also has wired 10/100MB Ethernet, wireless 802.11b/g, and Bluetooth 2.0 support built in. Unveiling at the end of the year, it is available to commercial enterprises for around $5,000-10,000. As time goes on, Microsoft will open it up to the public.

You can find the entire article at: http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3680631

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