Category Archives: Intel

My new Clevo W240EUQ Laptop from PC Specialists

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Branedy

This is the Laptop I have moved to. No longer a Mac user, never more than a PC user and never a Windows fan. I’m now entirely into my custom built Clevo W244EUQ laptop, built to my configuration by PC … Continue reading →

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The trouble with Microsoft Windows

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Branedy

While reading some postings about old CPU’s the subject on implementing calculations came up, and someone mentioned an issue with windows calculator. I assumed that this was an artifact from Windows 3.11 or something, but it still exists in Windows … Continue reading →

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Benchmarking the Raspberry-Pi

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Branedy

This is a crude and simple PI test against the Raspberry-Pi and a Dell Pentuim-4 (3.0Ghz) The Raspberry-Pi Starting PI… x= 0.38631 y= 0.89070 low= 939239 j=1200001 Pi = 3.130797 ztot= 801773.75 itot= 1200000 real 0m1.900s user 0m1.720s sys 0m0.000s … Continue reading →

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Maemo vs Meego – round two

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Branedy

I have been spending way too much time in Quora but it has proved interesting. I have learned from some of the discussions that Meego is a bit of a ruse. It seems that there are actually two Meego’s one … Continue reading →

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MeeGo is now Dead, as a Mobile OS.

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Branedy

This article MeeGo will not displace Symbian as enterprise OS has now demonstrated that Meego is no longer supported by Nokia, and it will be left to die with Maemo as a ‘Non-Runner’ in the Mobile-OS arena. It also indicates … Continue reading →

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Apple control of iPhone applications

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Branedy

I think there is a good reason for Apple wanting to control the applications being created and distributed on iPhone and iPod touch systems. Rubbish! In the last week or so, since I have been using my Palm T/X I … Continue reading →

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Palm and the mysterious nosedive

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Branedy

I am seeing all sorts of articles about Palm and handheld devices in general being in a nosedive. Handheld Sales Nosedive and Handheld sales continue to slide and it represents what is wrong in market research. Market Research! The primary … Continue reading →

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The Stockmarket as Reality

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Branedy

I always love this Microsoft delays launch of Vista and Apple Stock price drops. With this kind of reality, it doesn’t matter how good Mac’s are or how much better OS-X is (now and in the Future) than Vista. If … Continue reading →

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Apple’s “Fun New Products”

Posted on March 1, 2006 by Branedy

No one appeared to notice the item pulled from Apple’s “Fun New Products” Event Coverage today. Looks like the missing item might have been compared to the MicroSoft’s Origami. Or maybe Apple is waiting for the patents to be awarded.

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MacTel FireWire

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Branedy

I’m constantly amazed about all the fuss about only one FireWire connector on a Laptop, iBook, or PowerBook. It just speaks to the ignorance about the difference between USB 2.0 and FireWire 400/800. USB is a one to one serial … Continue reading →

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The other shoe and Mactel

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Branedy

Intel may be dropping the other shoe Intel to unveil shift in design… The whole problem with the current Intel Pentium is old legacy architecture. This may be what Jobs saw at Intel to help make up his mind to … Continue reading →

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Apple DRM

Posted on August 6, 2005 by Branedy

Again I agree with Daring Fireball about the TPM chip in the Mactel developer systems. And I’ll say again, what makes you think that the CPU or any other part of the Mactel production systems will be like a generic … Continue reading →

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Mactel points for Yohan/Pentium/Alpha

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Branedy

Jobs did not say Pentium, he said Intel Apple said coding should work for Intel if the code worked for the G3 PowerPC. This places the Pentium 4 used in the devloper boxes in the same class as a G3 … Continue reading →

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The Future of Technology

Posted on June 14, 2005 by Administrator

I recently watched the latest Star Wars movie and while the plot was well known to me, I was very happy that the threads in the movie did a fair job of connecting the movie to the original three episodes. … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Piracy Marketing

Posted on June 11, 2005 by Administrator

There is an article and an idea Mac OS X on Intel: Try before you buy?. That just tickles my fancy. This would be a great marketing idea, Piracy as a marketing tool. Apple releasing OS-X for Intel to the … Continue reading →

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