Category Archives: PCs/Laptops

PCs, laptops and hardware

Caught by The Law!

Don’t get too excited. Those of you hoping to see me carted off in manacles and an orange jumpsuit will be sadly disappointed… No, the law to which I refer is Moore’s Law, which states effectively, if you need reminding, Continue reading

Friday, July 18, 2014 in Agile & Architecture, Code & Development, PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World

Mac OSX–A Third-Class OS?

Does Apple’s opposition to virtualisation create a technical ghetto? Continue reading

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 in Code & Development, PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

I Thought They Were Supposed To Be Getting Smaller?

Musings on why my laptops are getting bigger and heavier, instead of smaller and lighter Continue reading

Monday, November 14, 2011 in Humour, PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

Not from My Cold, Dead Hand…

My regular correspondent Malachy Martin recently posed another of his “research” questions: What would work look like if you only had an iPad as your computing device? My first reactions focused on whether my iPad could replace my laptop. Then Continue reading

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in iPad, PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

Are We Nearly There Yet?

Musings on the lack of standardisation in gadget power supplies Continue reading

Friday, February 25, 2011 in iPad, PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World

Keep Taking the Tablets

I’ve recently purchased an iPad, partly to satisfy some unrequited gadget lust, partly to satisfy some real needs for which I hoped it might be a good match, and partly to try and understand what all the fuss is about. Continue reading

Friday, January 7, 2011 in iPad, PCs/Laptops, Reviews, Thoughts on the World

A Confident Prediction

Musings on the history and future of Microsoft Windows Continue reading

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Humour, PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World

The Alien Has Landed, and It’s &*&^(* Huge

For any of you labouring under the myth that new computer hardware is smaller than old, please meet my new “mini” desktop! 🙂 If you’re struggling with scale, the monitor is 24″. And what’s really scary is that this is Continue reading

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World