Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
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Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
Those would be desknote laptops. I think by ECS? They're fairly inexpensive as well.
Originally posted by Pearl Jammzz@Mar 24, 2004 @ 10:08 PM
Laptops that you can build yourself would be nice. Everyone needs to come up w/ 1 form and everyone use it, so all parts are interchangable and stuff. Just like tower PC's
Those would be desknote laptops. I think by ECS? They're fairly inexpensive as well.
Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
Those would be desknote laptops. I think by ECS? They're fairly inexpensive as well. [/b][/quote]
A Desknote (yes, by Elitegroup) is not a Laptop. It's a Desknote. That means that it was built mostly or entirely with desktop parts, and has no internal battery. So, that doesn't really satisfy the desire to have barebones laptops available at a reasonable price, or the lack of customization of laptops in general. Plus desknotes tend to have pretty inferior graphics onboard, since they just assume (because of the desktop parts) that you're going to replace it anyway, if you want to do anything serious with it. A mobility Radeon 9xxx isn't real competition against its desktop brothers, but it still whomps anything I've seen in a Desknote lately.
However, they do make good inexpensive dedicated boxes for LANs.
Originally posted by MTXBlau+Mar 29, 2004 @ 07:01 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MTXBlau @ Mar 29, 2004 @ 07:01 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Pearl Jammzz@Mar 24, 2004 @ 10:08 PM
Laptops that you can build yourself would be nice. Everyone needs to come up w/ 1 form and everyone use it, so all parts are interchangable and stuff. Just like tower PC's
Those would be desknote laptops. I think by ECS? They're fairly inexpensive as well. [/b][/quote]
A Desknote (yes, by Elitegroup) is not a Laptop. It's a Desknote. That means that it was built mostly or entirely with desktop parts, and has no internal battery. So, that doesn't really satisfy the desire to have barebones laptops available at a reasonable price, or the lack of customization of laptops in general. Plus desknotes tend to have pretty inferior graphics onboard, since they just assume (because of the desktop parts) that you're going to replace it anyway, if you want to do anything serious with it. A mobility Radeon 9xxx isn't real competition against its desktop brothers, but it still whomps anything I've seen in a Desknote lately.
However, they do make good inexpensive dedicated boxes for LANs.
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Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
Paper aye? somehow I dont think that's a good idea. Paper = too weak for storage. It'll bring back the filing cabinet I tell you! run!
Paper aye? somehow I dont think that's a good idea. Paper = too weak for storage. It'll bring back the filing cabinet I tell you! run!
Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
Yeah I read about the "paper" DVDs. They're only half paper, thankfully, but I still am unsure of their longevity. I don't see what is wrong with current DVDs. BIC-TCP looks cool, but I wonder how long until we see a more advanced protocol like this become widespread. Besides, it doesn't deliver better broadband options for home use on its own.
Which leads me to another interesting technology, broadband over power line (BPL). I'm not sure if it will really catch on, but I'd certainly welcome some competition here. I pay $45 a month for unreliable cable service (I am not implying that cable as a whole is unreliable), and that doesn't include modem lease (I own one).
Yeah I read about the "paper" DVDs. They're only half paper, thankfully, but I still am unsure of their longevity. I don't see what is wrong with current DVDs. BIC-TCP looks cool, but I wonder how long until we see a more advanced protocol like this become widespread. Besides, it doesn't deliver better broadband options for home use on its own.
Which leads me to another interesting technology, broadband over power line (BPL). I'm not sure if it will really catch on, but I'd certainly welcome some competition here. I pay $45 a month for unreliable cable service (I am not implying that cable as a whole is unreliable), and that doesn't include modem lease (I own one).
Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
Apparently ham radio folks are fighting it tooth-and-nail because power lines aren't properly shielded against high frequencies and so will leak a crapload of the signal into the surrounding airspace...
edit: and just in case anyone thinks the holographic storage stuff is just theoretical vapor, Bell Labs - a lovely hotbed of ridiculously rocket-sciencey R&D, browse around for an hour or two sometime - already has working drives and media, it's just that it takes a lot of risk and effort to go from the lab to the shelf for any new technology, and the fact that this involves introducing a new storage standard makes it even harder.
Apparently ham radio folks are fighting it tooth-and-nail because power lines aren't properly shielded against high frequencies and so will leak a crapload of the signal into the surrounding airspace...
edit: and just in case anyone thinks the holographic storage stuff is just theoretical vapor, Bell Labs - a lovely hotbed of ridiculously rocket-sciencey R&D, browse around for an hour or two sometime - already has working drives and media, it's just that it takes a lot of risk and effort to go from the lab to the shelf for any new technology, and the fact that this involves introducing a new storage standard makes it even harder.
Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
Yeah, and they're right too. That was in the article I linked to. But after all "it takes a lot of risk and effort to go from the lab to the shelf for any new technology". I think if they really wanted to push forward with BPL, they could find a way. I mean, what about the lines that are buried underground? Would they pollute, too? If so, then you've got problems...
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I don't. But I do think its quite a ways off (for consumers).
Don't hold your breath racket, unless of course you're underwater. In which case holding your breath is very important.
Yeah, and they're right too. That was in the article I linked to. But after all "it takes a lot of risk and effort to go from the lab to the shelf for any new technology". I think if they really wanted to push forward with BPL, they could find a way. I mean, what about the lines that are buried underground? Would they pollute, too? If so, then you've got problems...
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I don't. But I do think its quite a ways off (for consumers).
Don't hold your breath racket, unless of course you're underwater. In which case holding your breath is very important.
Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
I think we'll see major efforts into broadband over powerlines soon, the government has already started to push in that direction... hams are a vocal minority, but they are a very small minority indeed. As for burying the lines, I'm sure that would pretty much deal with the problem as well.. and it's something that needs to be done anyway (as shown by the NYC blackouts).
I think we'll see major efforts into broadband over powerlines soon, the government has already started to push in that direction... hams are a vocal minority, but they are a very small minority indeed. As for burying the lines, I'm sure that would pretty much deal with the problem as well.. and it's something that needs to be done anyway (as shown by the NYC blackouts).
Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
Underground lines aren't immune to damage either, and apparently the main reason the blackout got as huge as it did is that the power company that owned the lines in question didn't want to pay for proper monitoring and safety measures and so the other power companies had no warning that the initial blackout was going to occur. As a result, their plants all cascaded into shutdown in order to avoid damage as the load increased.
Underground lines aren't immune to damage either, and apparently the main reason the blackout got as huge as it did is that the power company that owned the lines in question didn't want to pay for proper monitoring and safety measures and so the other power companies had no warning that the initial blackout was going to occur. As a result, their plants all cascaded into shutdown in order to avoid damage as the load increased.
Any upcomming technologies for pc's interest you?
And consider the case of the 1998 New Zealand blackouts. Having undergound powerlines didn't help them - in fact it made the situation worse and maintenance much more expensive.
Also consider that the lines have to come up somewhere. In lots of places actually. Those areas would be hella noisy for anyone interested in the frequency range in question.
And consider the case of the 1998 New Zealand blackouts. Having undergound powerlines didn't help them - in fact it made the situation worse and maintenance much more expensive.
Also consider that the lines have to come up somewhere. In lots of places actually. Those areas would be hella noisy for anyone interested in the frequency range in question.