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Touch Book feedback continues: beta hiccups or unfair critique?

SlashGear  Aug 21 09

Yesterday’s news that the Touch Book was reaching pre-order customers’ hands kicked off an interesting conversation with Always Innovating, who felt that our post was unduly negative about what they themselves have admitted is a “beta” product.  Our argument was that it’s not just the work-in-progress software that’s raising eyebrows, but some of the design decisions – the unbalanced top section that’s not countered by the keyboard base, variable build quality – as early owner SteveNYC is reporting over at UMPC Portal.

Steve’s overall impression is that it feels like “a mock up”, with a difficult, unresponsive touchpad, poorly responsive touchscreen, very small keyboard and poor design of what will be frequently-used components such as the plastic, non-spring-loaded clips that hold the slate to the base section. Full story...

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Apple 27-inch iMacs now shipping again?

SlashGear  2 hours ago

Looks like Apple have sorted their 27-inch iMac production issues.  Having apparently frozen production of the largest iMac desktop at the beginning of this month, shortly after new orders faced long delays, those waiting for their computers have reportedly begun receiving notification that they’re preparing to ship out.

Lenovo ThinkStation E20 entry-level workstation from $599

SlashGear  2 hours ago

Hardly glamorous, but Lenovo’s latest budget workstation could bring graphics crunching happily within reach of entry-level renderers.

TI WiLink 7.0 packs WiFi-N, Bluetooth 3.0, FM & GPS onto single chip

SlashGear  3 hours ago

While we focused more on Texas Instruments’ eye-catching OMAP4 development device when we visited the company a few weeks ago, we also had a chance to talk to their wireless chipset team.

ASUS Eee PC T101MT gets tutorial video; still no launch date

SlashGear  4 hours ago

Ah, the elusive ASUS Eee PC T101MT, the multitouch convertible 10.1-inch netbook that just refuses to arrive.

NVIDIA drops Optimus automatic graphics switching on notebook world

SlashGear  5 hours ago

NVIDIA has offered its hybrid graphics system for a while now that lets the notebook user take advantage of either an integrated GPU when demands are low and battery life is the goal, or a discrete graphics processor when more GPU power is needed.

GuruPlug Server Plus boosts Sheevaplug, adds eSATA & more

SlashGear  5 hours ago

Remember Marvell’s third-gen Sheevaplug?  The newest server-in-a-wall-wart made its debut at CES 2010 last month, adding WiFi and Bluetooth along with a faster, more capable chipset.

InFocus cuts wires between computers and projectors for PC and Mac

SlashGear  5 hours ago

I just mentioned that Wisair has a wireless docking station for Mac computers coming in March. It seems that there will be lots of manufacturers taking advantage of the new Mac support in Wisair hardware.

Wisair Wireless USB DisplayDock for Macs coming in March

SlashGear  5 hours ago

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Intel Tukwila Itanium 9300 CPU line gets official

SlashGear  5 hours ago

Intel offers products in just about every category that a CPU can be used in. Most of us know the company most for its line of CPUs and GPUs for desktop and notebook computers.

Apple Aperture 3 gets official

SlashGear  5 hours ago

The first signs of life from Apple are emerging this morning, and there’s a new version of Aperture to kick things off.



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