Toshiba or bust.

After a few months of not a lot, and I'm still hunting for a new laptop, currently if I'm going to part with my hard-earned then it looks like a revisit to Toshiba Satellite series. More specifically the C50 series model which is available in many CPU flavours ranging from 'student' ( read also: "Celeron processor") laptops to quasi-capable desktop alternatives in either AMD or Intel flavour, the one I'm been eyeing up is powered by the Intel i5-4200m...

The Key(s) to Success ...

I mentioned before I use a Toshiba currently, and while I'm VERY happy with the keyboard, the laptop is falling behind in capability, now only really any use for internet browsing, word processing and the occasional movie (even the woefully low powered AMD E-350 can spit out fluid 1080p on an external monitor - aka my 42" telly...) The Toshiba in question is the Satellite Pro C660d which was released more than a few moons ago, And it seems that...

Acer E1 Laptop

My first entry on the list of good laptops... It's an Acer! Currently [Jan 2014] available from retailers and e-tailers (such as Ebuyer) linky : http://www.ebuyer.com/612806-acer-e1-laptop-nx-m09ek-037 It has flat style 'full' keys, very similar to my current laptop, The only drawback for me... weak CPU looks like this is a 'homework' style laptop, little use for anything but light gaming and social media. ...

Just How Wide Are The Chiclet Gaps?

A very important question, and one I can easily illustrate with the help of Mr Jean-Claude Van Damme, He popped by to help me with a to-scale experiment. Firstly I had to measure the distance he can perform the splits, turns out this is about 70 inches from foot to foot depending on how split the action star cares to be. That's about 1.75 meters which Ironically is about the average height of a man. In this image we see good old JC doing what...

I Really Hate Chiclet Keyboards...

For a few years (from the point I was previously searching to purchase a laptop, which turns out to be the one I'm now typing on...) I have found a disturbing trend in laptop design. They're called 'chiclet' (or chicklet, or even island-style) keys, I believe it stems from apple? I'm not entirely sure... Whatever started it however has now doomed all of mankind to suffer these cuboid blocks of design disgust. I wrote this Haiku to sum up my annoyance: Haiku Gaps...