thoughts on laptops, cameras, and other tech
so, i've been testing out the new Bonobo Tablet. super portable, slightly larger than my 12" ibook, but the keyboard and screen are really nice. the things that i dont like are:
1) no optical drive.
2) speed - only slightly faster than my 700MHz ibook.
3) need WinXP Tablet Edition to access full tablet functionality
4) battery life kinda sucks
5) 1" hinge on the screen worries me re: long term durability
Handwriting recognition and ultraportability are the strong points.
All in all, not for me. At least not for the price.
I've been comparing the Dell XPS and the MacBook pro's now. Not seeing much of a price difference, but a big difference in graphics cards, which is odd to me that Mac would fall behind in that category. pound for pound they dont look much different at first glance. I'm sad, though, that they're still so damn expensive.
the microphone i got from a friend of mine seems to have died. although, it takes a battery, so maybe the battery died. i was looking at replacements at Microcenter yesterday... and found quite a few decent ones. mostly over $30. i ended up buying an OEM Microsoft optical wireless notebook mouse. (nice, although small for my hand), and the Griffin iMic so I can get audio into my mac. I'll review that whenever I get a working mic.
And then -- i can digitally encode my aircheck tapes from my radio days. fun.