I still believe that XP is the best Windows operating system however my main laptop has Vista and my new HP 2133 laptop has vista installed too. Whilst my main laptop (Asus G1S) has a 2.2 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, my new portable laptop has a miserable 1.6GHz Via 7 processor. It really should … Read more
2 days ago I finally got my hands on a HP 2133. I’ve been using it for a few days now and it’s exactly what I wanted. It’s really portable and the build quality is fantastic. Unfortunately, video playback is quite poor and it can be sluggish at times under Vista but it does everything … Read more
Microsoft released XP Service Pack 3 yesterday but it was quickly pulled back and delayed. It seems like you can download XP SP3 from the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview page. Apparently it was delayed because of a glitch in the way it works with MS Retail Management Systems (RMS). Chris Keroack announced in … Read more
4 days ago I asked what laptop I should get for travelling. When I wrote the post I had a few laptops in mind however my mind is now pretty much set on the HP 2133 Mini Note. The basic model has a 1.2Ghz Via C7 processor, 120 GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive, 8.9″ … Read more
I noticed that I hadn’t posted in close to a week so I thought I would clarify my posting frequency just incase someone thought I had decided to stop posting here. I just want to remind new readers and subscribers that posts on this blog may be irregular. I squeeze posts here around my regular … Read more
I posted my first impressions of the Eee PC last week. That post was written after just a few hours of getting the Eee so I thought it would be good to do a follow up of the laptop having now owned it for about 9 days. Having used it quite a bit in the … Read more
I came across an interesting concept on Digital Lifestyles today. A london based company called En-Twyn has been able to integrate two ethernet ports into a standard power socket. It’s an interesting idea and one which I think would prove popular with many companies (offices/hotels etc). Clearly this kind of thing could be used in … Read more
This morning my brand new 4gb Eee 701 PC was delivered :) * (for details of my order please read my previous post) I’ve only been playing around with it for a few hours and this post represents my initial impressions of the laptop so far ie. I haven’t used it extensively as yet so … Read more
I finally gave in and jumped on the Eee PC bandwagon. For those who don’t know, the Eee PC is a cheap sub notebook with a 7 inch screen, a solid state hard drive and a 900 Mhz celeron m processor. It comes bundled with linux (Xandros) however it’s cable of running XP quite well … Read more
Today I got my new Antec MX 1 sata hard drive enclosure delivered from Misco. I had considered the Coolermaser Xcraft 360 but after reading some reviews I opted for the MX 1. I have to admit it’s a very nice product and well worth the money (about £34). I have two old sata drives … Read more