Month: July 2008

A Mac Tablet This Fall?

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So is Apple going to finally produce some form of touchscreen Tablet PC? AppleInsider and MacDailyNews both have some interesting news, one in the form of Apple’s quarterly finance call yesterday, and the other in the form of rumors.

AppleInsider reported that Apple’s CFO, Peter Oppenheimer, was planning an important “product transition” sometime between July and September of this year, a transition that will have ramifications going into next year, at least as far as Apple’s profit margains.

This mysterious product will have “technologies and features that others can’t match,” according to Oppenheimer.

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Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 – More Details

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More details about the upcoming 13.3-inch Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 have recently been released or confirmed through a data sheet from Lenovo. The new naming convention for ThinkPads is also mentioned, which we already figured out, i.e. the third character of the name indicates the size … Read more

Sandisk: Windows Vista and SSDs – Not a Good Combination

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Sandisk Solid State Drive CNET / News.com is running an article by Brooke Crothers that addresses several issues with Solid State Drives (SSDs) and even provides another reason why Microsoft was willing to extend Windows XP’s lifespan for netbooks and other ultraportable devices.

Basically it boils down to Windows Vista was not developed with SSDs in mind, and there needs to be some optimization on both ends to compensate for that. This goes beyond things like tuning Vista’s graphics options that can really slow down an ultraportable device.

This from the CEO of SanDisk during their second-quarter earnings call:

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Netbooks Cause Worry in PC Industry?

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MSI Wind PC The New York Times has a two-page article by Matt Richtel covering the rise of netbooks and other smaller PCs and notebooks, and the dramatic impact they are starting to have on the PC industry.

In an article entitled “Smaller PCs Cause Worry for Industry”, he writes that they are a cause for concern among some of the larger manufacturers and retailers because of the smaller profit margins and the dominance by smaller manufacturers.

They mention that Dell, Acer, and HP, among some of the largest overall producers have plans or are in the process of carrying them out:

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HP Pavilion tx2500z – Up to $500 off

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HP Pavilion tx2500z HP Home and Home Office is currently running a promotion where you can get up to $500 off of the 12.1-inch HP Pavilion tx2500z touchscreen, convertible laptop. Using the promotion, you can get what amounts to the top of the line options for the most part (see below)

It’s running through July 24, 2008 or while supplies last.

Visit HP Home and Home Office (shopping.hp.com) and use code NB4513 on an HP Pavilion that is over $1399.99

Go into Notebooks
– Select the HP Pavilion tx2500z Series
– Customize and Buy (see options below)
– Add to Cart
– Continue Checkout
– Standard 5-7 day free shipping

Options I used – a $1462.99 HP tx2500z for $962.99 (plus tax) with free shipping:

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