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OQO Model 02 – Tour of the Company, Writeup

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About a week ago, Fast Company put together an article aptly named ‘OQO Model 02: The Biggest Little Computer Around’, discussing the 5-inch OQO Model 02 and where it fits into the market these days. The OQO Model 02 is powered by a 1.6GHz VIA … Read more

ThinkPads and Wireless Switches

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David Hill from the Lenovo ThinkPad design team, is running a user poll about ThinkPads and the wireless radio switches, and whether people use them, whether they prefer them accessible with the LCD/Display open, or whether they prefer them accessible with the LCD/display open or … Read more

Ultraportables and Intel

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CNET is running an article that looks beneath the surface of the Lenovo IdeaPad U110, the Apple MacBook Air, and the Lenovo ThinkPad X300 to show just how similar they are, and why that is. All three of these ultraportable laptops are actually very close … Read more

Chasing the $100 Laptop

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The Christian Science Monitor has a three page article “More computer brands chase the ‘$100 laptop’ ” that looks into all of the uses that can be found for the netbooks/sub-notebooks, the ultraportable ultra-cheap devices that are rapidly dropping in price while rising in features … Read more

HP 2133 Mini-Note PC and Skype

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HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note If you are curious about what can be currently achieved on the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC in regards to video conferencing, James and Kevin over at jkOnTheRun have put together a video demonstrating a Skype video conference call.

While Kevin was using a MacBook Pro, James was using the Mini-Note (and James’ side is the focus of the video). The Mini-Note that James was using was the high-end 1.6GHz VIA CPU, 2GB of memory, and loaded (by James) with Windows XP (and Skype 3.8 for Windows).

LAPTOP Magazine’s blog also had an article about Skype on the Mini-Note, but included no video.

Read/View:
– jkOnTheRun – Skype Video
– LAPTOP Magazine Blog

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