Serendipity strikes again! The WSJ's Walt Mossberg talks about purchasing a laptop in a new article today:
<http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20070503/buying-a-laptop-means-more- attention-to-special-features/> One thing of interest in it to me, which may not be helpful to a student who might need a laptop now, was: >First, you may want to wait to get that new laptop until later this year >or early in 2008. There are a number of interesting new hardware >features coming. One is called a "solid-state drive," or SSD, which >replaces the traditional hard disk with a faster drive made of memory >chips like those used in digital cameras. Another is a "hybrid hard >drive," or HHD, which combines memory chips with a standard hard disk, >for faster start-ups. > >Also, more and more laptops will be using light-emitting diodes, or >LEDs, to light up their screens -- a method that promises to be both >brighter and less power-hungry. > >You also may want to wait for laptops with a new type of Wi-Fi wireless >networking built-in. It's called "N," and promises to be faster and to >have longer range. It's worth a read and had an accompanying video. -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
