Thumb Drive Woes

I recently purchased a 2GB USB thumb drive to use for work-related stuff. And as foolish as it may seem, I've already hit the limit on it several days in a row. With the size of files nowadays, I should've known that it wouldn't take me that much time to fill it up. Now I've resorted to classifying things into essential and not-so-essential and deleting the latter to makeit all fit in there. Darn...

PC Troubles

Well, I did it again. I tried installing Fluxbuntu earlier and it failed to install. I must have a borked installer again. The installer kept stalling the point where it should be finishing the install. It wouldn't have been such a problem had I had installers for x64 Ubuntu. I really want to install the x64 port now. I have ISO's, but without an extra optical drive I can't exactly burn a CD running a live CD session.

Yet Another Notebook Deal

Found the Gateway MX6447 on Newegg.com. It's a refurbished unit, but for the money this is actually worth every cent. It's selling for $399.99. The notebook is powered by an AMD Turion 64 MK-36 2.00GHz processor, has a 15.4" Widescreen LCD and has 1GB of DDR2 memory. Storage is 120GB drive and it has a Dual Layer DVD Burner. You can view it here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101121

Low Cost Laptops

Been thinking about the Asus Eee PC as a low-power, low-cost (as low as $350) alternative to my desktop. What's holding me back is the fact that for $100 more you could get more features for the money: Tiger Direct - HP 530. If you don't mind refurbs, you could go lower. $249, in fact: Tiger Direct - Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600. Another good refurb deal is the $340 Dell Latitude C61. Both refurbs are quite dated though, and would be a pain to reasonably upgrade. At least with the $349 Asus Eee PC, you have the option to easily upgrade the memory up to 2GB with current PC parts or aftermarket USB-based devices. You won't be scrounging for old parts at all. And it runs at half the power most laptops consume.

Recent news would have it though that it would be prudent to wait a few more months for new notebook models that would follow the Asus Eee PC's footsteps. Intel's announcement of plans to create even more low-power, low-cost processors to add its already beefy line of mainstream processors bids well for users who are demanding more 'green' technology. Add to this the side benefit that cost reduction brings, and you've got one very competitive notebook market niche for emerging markets.