Posts Tagged ‘hardware’

A handheld I would hold

Posted by tom.altman on June 3rd, 2008
(FILE PHOTO) A man uses an Apple iPhone outside the Apple store on Regent Street on device's UK launch day, November 9, 2007 in London, England. The November 9 UK launch comes four months after the 8-gigabyte model was introduced in the USA. Apple released new, larger storage versions of its iPhone, 16GB, and iPod touch, 32GB, February 5, 2008.

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I found this post today “Qualcomm Mini Notebook” and this is one I would use.

Qualcomm is working on a miniature notebook and has two operating systems in mind for the end product – Linux and Windows Mobile 7.

So the real question is – is it smarter than a 5th grader can it beat a iPod Touch?

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Macs Are The Platform Of New Media

Posted by tom.altman on January 2nd, 2008

Yes – I agree with the title of this post and the corresponding post over at Podcasting News…but I think they are forgetting something.

For people working in new media, Macs are especially compelling. The iLife suite is free and offers great tools for getting started with podcasting and video podcasting. And two of the best audio and video apps, Logic and Final Cut, are Mac-only.

Dell has a problem. It’s got great hardware, but it’s stuck with Windows Vista, a mishmash of third-party apps and craplets.

And you can’t do new media on crapware.

Macs are nice, hands down the best hardware on the market…but the most compelling part of the puzzle to me is the fact that I can have my cake and eat it too.  Dell, HP, Sony and the others have everything Macs have except one thing…Macs can run both Mac’s Leopard and Windows whatever.

For me that is the key…too much Microsoft hate out there.  :)

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