PC Magazine is advocating a bring your own laptop, with your own software approach to business. It likens it to mechanics who bring their own tools. The trouble is that while mechanical tools in a toolbox operate autonomously and don’t interfere with one another, software residing on a computer does.
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The trouble with bringing your own software
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 3, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/05/the-trouble-with-bringing-your-own-software/
Mark Hurd doesn’t sound like he’s just what Dell needed
Word on the street is that Blackstone Group has a plan for turning around Dell: Buy the company, take it private, and install Mark Hurd as CEO. The thinking is that he’s available, has experience, and would have baggage keeping him from being the CEO of a public company. I just see one glitch. Available [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 25, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/03/mark-hurd-doesnt-sound-like-hes-just-what-dell-needed/
HP knows Android
HP unveiled its first Android tablet this weekend. They’re not playing in the Polaroid or Archos space, but for $170–neatly between Amazon’s and Google’s prices–you get Android 4.1, a 1024×600 display, and a microSD slot.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 24, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/02/hp-knows-android/
How the previous week’s headlines flow together
Here are some headlines I read this past week: Dell is trying to take itself private. Microsoft is investing in Dell. Intel is pulling out of the motherboard market. AMD is considering ARM CPUs. And the PC is dead. It’s all related.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 27, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/how-the-previous-weeks-headlines-flow-together/
Follow-up on the Insignia NS20EM50A13 monitor
After about a month with an Insignia NS20EM50A13 monitor, I still mostly like it, but can note one annoyance. When booting up a system, the monitor sometimes likes to switch from the DVI input to VGA, without warning. If you happen to be sitting there when it happens, you notice it and can switch it [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 20, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/follow-up-on-the-insignia-ns20em50a13-monitor/
R.I.P.: Netbooks
The last two netbook vendors standing, Acer and Asus, have both announced they’ve produced their last netbook. So they’re joining the Playstation 2 in the land of the digital dinosaurs, though I suspect more people will miss the 12-year-old game console than the netbook. The Guardian has an analysis, but basically they blame the emergence [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 1, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/r-i-p-netbooks/
The trouble with Dell
Note: I wrote this in mid-2010 and, for whatever reason, never posted it. I found it this week. Although the information in it is no longer fresh and new, it’s still useful, so for that reason, I’m posting it now. Dell is standing on some shaky ground right now. Bill Snyder has a good summary [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 6, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/the-trouble-with-dell/
Hard drives aren’t like tires
I talked with my pastor about something unrelated last Sunday, and he mentioned the church was recovering from a massive server failure. So we ended up talking mostly about that, which was fine. It’s good to be able to help the community from time to time. This past Sunday, I talked with the executive director, [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 5, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/11/hard-drives-arent-like-tires/
Review: Insignia NS20EM50A13 monitor
My 15-inch Dell LCD died this weekend. Its date of manufacture was October 2001, so I can’t complain. I bought it used a number of years ago and paid a pittance for it. It had been acting up for more than a year, and at least it had the decency to wait until a potential [...]
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/review-insignia-ns20em50a13-monitor/