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RickyMaveety · 07-11-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

For some reason I'm reminded of the latest Joy of Tech cartoon:

Very cute cartoon .... although Google Chrome proved (to me at least) to be sort of crappy. Mind you, I'm a fan of Google, but I immediately moved back to Firefox. It's simply a better browser.

yvanleterrible · 07-11-2009, 02:46 PM

I really don't like the screen placement on the EEE Cloud.

RickyMaveety · 07-11-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm. i wonder if they're available with azerty configuration ?

(annoying detail, you can't see the prices online, you have to make your configuration and then register an account to receive a quote. seems like they could have automated that so you could see right away how much it might cost, and play with different configs...)

I'm sure they are, however, while available, those are pretty expensive machines. They mostly make them for industry and health care (where space to park a bunch of CPUs is a real issue sometimes).

On the whole, I prefer having a netbook to having an all in keyboard or all in monitor if I need a small footprint or lightweight for mobility.

I know Cybernet Manufacturing creates solutions for worldwide application, so I would certainly think they make all in ones with other keyboards. However, while the Asus is certainly not the first of the type by a long shot, it will probably be the most affordable. Although 16G of SD does not impress me .... not with the new iPhone having 32G.

RickyMaveety · 07-11-2009, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I really don't like the screen placement on the EEE Cloud.

I'm not entirely certain that the touch pad is intended to replace a screen. Most of the all-in-one PCs are meant to be used hooked up to a monitor.

That's why, while very nice, they don't really entirely replace something like a netbook.

I suspect the touchpad is really more of a backlit multifunction mousepad and quick way to access programs.

It would be much to strange to try to use that small screen while be in a normal typing position (for the keyboard) for anything other than a touchpad.

Moejoe · 07-11-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Actually, those have been available for some years.

http://www.cybernetman.com/default.cfm?DocId=602

Although, once you add in the DVD player, a 750G HD, and a few other nice items, it's a bit more expensive than the Asus. Cybernet also makes an all in one built into a monitor, and has for several years.

Even longer than the product linked above, most home computers were contained within keyboards originally, including my beloved above all ZX Spectrum:

and the excellent Commodore 16 / 64

Let's not forget the Amiga 600 and the Atari ST

A trip down memory lane, and I owned one or more of all these computers

RickyMaveety · 07-11-2009, 02:55 PM

Oh yes .... right now .... trying to figure out how and why I suddenly am seeing double in my right eye. Makes doing things a bit difficult. I can close one eye and see just fine, but then because of my dual color blindness, the colors are all skewed.

If I leave both eyes open, then things are just ghosted, but normal color. Although, and this is really disconcerting, I don't notice any problem if I am wearing my optivisor (which seriously magnifies things) and jam the page right in front of my eyes.

Too many drugs? Not enough drugs?? Too much reading?? Not enough reading? Sounds like a poll if ever I heard one.

RickyMaveety · 07-11-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

Even longer than the product linked above, most home computers were contained within keyboards originally, including my beloved above all ZX Spectrum:

Yep .... nothing much new under the sun. And, really, Moejoe, if you are going to cloud computing, check out Carbonite. It's marvelous.

Moejoe · 07-11-2009, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Yep .... nothing much new under the sun. And, really, Moejoe, if you are going to cloud computing, check out Carbonite. It's marvelous.

Giving it a look now

Ta for the recommendation.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 07-11-2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Very cute cartoon .... although Google Chrome proved (to me at least) to be sort of crappy. Mind you, I'm a fan of Google, but I immediately moved back to Firefox. It's simply a better browser.

I quite liked Chrome, but switched back to Opera and Firefox - they just seem that bit better.

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

Even longer than the product linked above, most home computers were contained within keyboards originally
Let's not forget the Amiga 600 and the Atari ST

Or the Amiga 500 - the first computer I had that I really liked

Although upgrading it to 1mb of RAM wasn't as easy as just putting the module in the slot - for whatever reason the slot on mine was a little too small, so I had to attack it with a file first...

Moejoe · 07-11-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I quite liked Chrome, but switched back to Opera and Firefox - they just seem that bit better.

Or the Amiga 500 - the first computer I had that I really liked

Although upgrading it to 1mb of RAM wasn't as easy as just putting the module in the slot - for whatever reason the slot on mine was a little too small, so I had to attack it with a file first...

I had a 500 as well as a 600, 2x600's and a 1200 at one point.

I had multiple versions of the ZX Spectrum, still my favourite computer of all time. And all of those early home computers were more stable than any Windows/Mac/Linux PC I used afterward.

Here's some nostalgia, the ZX Spectrum loading Manic Miner

(the noises you hear are all very much normal.)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 07-11-2009, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

I had a 500 as well as a 600, 2x600's and a 1200 at one point.

I had multiple versions of the ZX Spectrum, still my favourite computer of all time. And all of those early home computers were more stable than any Windows/Mac/Linux PC I used afterward.

Here's some nostalgia, the ZX Spectrum loading Manic Miner

(the noises you hear are all very much normal.)

Ahhhh nostalgia!

Never really got on with the Speccy - but I think that's cos we had about three duds in a row.

Workbench has to be one of my favourite OSes : peersoutthroughrosetintedglasses:

phenomshel · 07-11-2009, 03:49 PM

Trying to figure out how on earth I'm going to get five people together in one room at the same time to watch me give two speeches. In other words, I have to get a group of people together in the same room at the same time TWICE. If I'd wanted to give live speeches, I wouldn't be taking online classes! (Maybe this belongs in the Vent and Rant Thread....). I don't even think I KNOW five people well enough to ask that of them! Everyone's busy and on different schedules these days, and how do they think it's fair to hold me responsible for five people being able to be in one place at one time?

Patricia · 07-11-2009, 03:55 PM

I still have fond memories of running Locoscript on an Amstrad pcw in 1987. It was my first computer, and lasted for ten years. Then the college I was working in bought a heap of them, and I was the most techno-savvy person on campus for a brief period.

RickyMaveety · 07-11-2009, 04:40 PM

Trying to build a new lamp for the bedroom. My keyless chuck appears to be frozen, and that is making me nuts!! I wonder if I can find my old plug in drill somewhere?? Or, if I even still have it??

Arrrrrgh!!

Greg Anos · 07-11-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

I had a 500 as well as a 600, 2x600's and a 1200 at one point.

I had multiple versions of the ZX Spectrum, still my favourite computer of all time. And all of those early home computers were more stable than any Windows/Mac/Linux PC I used afterward.

Here's some nostalgia, the ZX Spectrum loading Manic Miner

(the noises you hear are all very much normal.)

You left out the Atari 400/800....

07-11-2009, 02:46 PM	#6377
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I really don't like the screen placement on the EEE Cloud.

07-11-2009, 02:55 PM	#6381
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Oh yes .... right now .... trying to figure out how and why I suddenly am seeing double in my right eye. Makes doing things a bit difficult. I can close one eye and see just fine, but then because of my dual color blindness, the colors are all skewed. If I leave both eyes open, then things are just ghosted, but normal color. Although, and this is really disconcerting, I don't notice any problem if I am wearing my optivisor (which seriously magnifies things) and jam the page right in front of my eyes. Too many drugs? Not enough drugs?? Too much reading?? Not enough reading? Sounds like a poll if ever I heard one.

07-11-2009, 03:49 PM	#6387
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Trying to figure out how on earth I'm going to get five people together in one room at the same time to watch me give two speeches. In other words, I have to get a group of people together in the same room at the same time TWICE. If I'd wanted to give live speeches, I wouldn't be taking online classes! (Maybe this belongs in the Vent and Rant Thread....). I don't even think I KNOW five people well enough to ask that of them! Everyone's busy and on different schedules these days, and how do they think it's fair to hold me responsible for five people being able to be in one place at one time?

07-11-2009, 03:55 PM	#6388
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I still have fond memories of running Locoscript on an Amstrad pcw in 1987. It was my first computer, and lasted for ten years. Then the college I was working in bought a heap of them, and I was the most techno-savvy person on campus for a brief period.

07-11-2009, 04:40 PM	#6389
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Trying to build a new lamp for the bedroom. My keyless chuck appears to be frozen, and that is making me nuts!! I wonder if I can find my old plug in drill somewhere?? Or, if I even still have it?? Arrrrrgh!!