February, 2010

Too Much Connectivity?

I remember many years ago having a conversation with an early BlackBerry user (I was personally using at the time the predecessor to the BlackBerry myself, a RIM 957) who referred to his device as an...

Is There Still Such a Thing as a Netbook?

I recently wrote about my personal fondness for netbooks, but it suddenly occurs to me - is there really such a thing as a netbook anymore? Originally, netbooks were very small notebooks (like my original...

Should You Upgrade to 802.11n?

I was reading an article yesterday on upgrading to Windows 7 - something I have no plans to do. I mostly use Macs these days, and Linux on the netbooks, but I still have eight Windows XP machines used primarily for lab and testing apps, and occasional legacy tasks. There's no way I'm going to...

Do You Need a Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer?

Networking professionals often have specialized test equipment used to diagnose both electrical connections (known as the physical or PHY layer) as well as network protocols. Us mere mortals shouldn't have to be too concerned about all of this; while misconfigurations and bugs are facts of life,...

Everything in the Cloud? Not Yet!

When I first got started in computing (the late 60s/early 70s), timesharing was all the rage. Computers, even minicomputers (my first was an HP 1000A used for programming in BASIC), were expensive, 110 bps modems allowed...

Refurbished = Good. Really!

This might sound a bit strange, but I highly recommend that SMBs look into refurbished networking and computer products for just about anything that might be needed. I've been buying refurbished products for a long time - mostly notebook PCs, other computers, and wireless networking equipment - and...

The Router as Art

February 10, 2010  10:20 AM

Do You Really Need a Notebook PC?

Posted by: Craig Mathias
netbook, notebook PC, Ubuntu

OK, this is going to sound like blasphemy to many, but I’m not sure a notebook computer makes all that much sense anymore. I know a lot of people in SMBs (and elsewhere) use a notebook as their only PC, carrying it (and consequently all of their data) everywhere they go. Sure, that’s...

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