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Sunday Business Post on Laptops. No, seriously.

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  • 23-09-2007 4:42pm
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    Tom Dunne
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    Anyone read the section in today's Sunday Business Post on laptops?

    Here are a few classic snippets from it:

    When explaining about memory in a laptop -
    The importance of RAM memory is that it gives a mixture of speed and power to run the computer and complete tasks quickly
    2Gb of RAM is extra powerful

    When talking about hard-drive space -
    A new laptop should have at least 120Gb.... if that sounds like a lot, remember the latest tiny iPod now offers 160Gb of space, so your laptop should come close to matching that

    On DVD drives -
    While few people seem to use a DVD burner, it's handy to have

    On laptop weight, talking about smaller laptops -
    They are also a little more feature-poor, as it's not physically possible to fit more than 1Gb of RAM or 100Gb of a hard drive into it (never mind a recordable DVD)

    And so it goes on. The one glaring omission in "the most important things to look for in a laptop" is any mention of the processor, or even Wifi.

    And to think people might actually use this guide to make a purchase. :rolleyes:


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    AlmightyCushion
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    I seen it Tom but I didn't bother to read it but I'm tempted to now after reading that. I wonder who they get to write these articles.


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    Tom Dunne
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    AlmightyCushion wrote:
    I seen it Tom but I didn't bother to read it but I'm tempted to now after reading that. I wonder who they get to write these articles.

    This clown.

    I look forward to his upcoming piece on home laptops.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    tom dunne wrote:
    This clown.

    I look forward to his upcoming piece on home laptops.
    Less than 3 per cent of Boards.ie heads say they can't access broadband

    He does realise that people without broadband aren't likely to be spending alot of time on boards.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    AlmightyCushion wrote:
    He does realise that people without broadband aren't likely to be spending alot of time on boards.

    He doesn't, no.

    The monthly "Computers in business" from the same paper is a hoot to read. It displays a depth of knowledge that is comparable to first-year Computer Science students, and I know, I read a lot by the latter.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    tom dunne wrote:
    The monthly "Computers in business" from the same paper is a hoot to read. It displays a depth of knowledge that is comparable to first-year Computer Science students, and I know, I read a lot by the latter.

    I used to always look forward to that but I haven't read it in a while unfortunately. It always give me a good sunday morning (unintentional) larf. The piss take thing at the end of it was usually (intentionally) funny too.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    tom dunne wrote:
    This clown.
    My name is Dave and I'm a technophobe

    Picture_25 Dave Fanning? A technophobe? Surely not.
    Are we talking about the same Dave "I been a DJ since the 1970's and still can't push the right button" Fanning ? :D
    Dave Fanning wrote:
    “The fact that so many new things are not compatible with products out before, there is definitely a world wide scam going on, no doubt. Everything has built-in obsolesence. Whether it's iPods or computer gear, there's so much stuff that's meant to break after a certain amount of time, I really believe that."
    So in fairness Dave's seems to be more clued in than yer man.


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Very poorly written article, very disappointing

    will the sbpost please update there website, the site still has a countdown clock to the election!


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