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I love these things, but know that they are irresi...

2010-01-14T09:29:36.051-06:00

I love these things, but know that they are irresistable to kids who LOVE to put things in their mouth.

When did I become some kinda parenting watchdog anyway?

Hi, We recently released a iFrame/Image based Or...

2009-12-18T07:50:44.422-06:00

Hi,

We recently released a iFrame/Image based Orgler Widget. Please grab it from http://www.winamp.com/user/orgler and try it. You feedback will be valuable for us.

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Ashok Bania (Product Manager, Winamp)

Glad you showed that to me... it's nice to see fre...

2009-11-19T01:30:30.303-06:00

Glad you showed that to me... it's nice to see fresh concept in a tired milieu of boxy cases... cool, co-developed with BMW... man that site really sucks for getting a good feel of the components... no zoom in?? looks like something that might lend itself to a wall mount... but definitely not for me... i'm still hooked on "fragbox" sized containers... yes constraining but then i'm not a gamer so basically anything works.

Ohh, pretty. And stoopid expensive. Thermaltake L...

2009-11-18T22:41:21.552-06:00

Ohh, pretty. And stoopid expensive.
Thermaltake Level 10 Case
http://www.ttlevel10.com/

Gotta ask, where's "around here"? :) And yes DE...

2009-11-13T12:57:42.505-06:00

Gotta ask, where's "around here"? :)

And yes DEFINITELY load Win7 as soon as you can get your hands on it... it's a very nice upgrade... you will really like the improved speeds especially compared to Vista... you will have a whole new machine if you've actually be running Vista on yours... I couldn't bear Vista trying and failing miserably to play video and such... so sat on XP until 7 came along... all the drivers work, the screen calibrates, there are zero downsides.

I haven't seen those around here yet, so I'm not f...

2009-11-13T05:33:59.732-06:00

I haven't seen those around here yet, so I'm not familiar with them. They're always behind around here - netbooks just came in. Mainly its the processor being so slow, though I do admit I'm probably running more bells and whistles than most do. I use it for a lot of things and rely on the onscreen keyboard a lot. I do notice a good bit of lag on playing media on it. I use it for word processing, recording, volunteer work for the local independent living project, reading and even watching netflixs while on my treadmill. Yes, I did the RAM upgrade the moment I got it, and using the flashcard for RAM boost. Maybe trying Win7 on it would help. I usually just hibernate the device to avoid Vista's long startup. I really like my samsung, so I hate giving it up. I also like the built in keyboard, mouse, etc. I'll have to look into Win 7. I hear its faster than Vista. I just don't want to go backwards to anything like XP. I never liked it.

Just to make sure we're not talking past each othe...

2009-11-06T02:27:38.889-06:00

Just to make sure we're not talking past each other here, the Viliv and Archos are 7" & 9" touchscreen "tablets" just like the Q1 series... i.e. no clamshell keyboard... which i totally agree with you, is the form factor of choice.

I love using mine as an eReader... that's the primary reason i got it... a clamshell netbook just wouldn't be the same for that usage scenario of reading in bed etc.

Also, I have read about folks overclocking the Q1U's with a tool called SETFSB... i tried it once... didn't work right off the bat, was wondering if i had a different chipset or something... a basic google will give you a lot of hits to explore: overclock+q1u+2009 ... let me know if you get that working... i should keep trying so i have that trick up my sleeve when needing to impress :)

In general though I find Win7 on this thing to be an absolute dream performance wise... no real reason to go looking for more oomph... it streams Video just fine and it cranks through my giant GPS German raster maps pretty dang well too.

What scenarios are you running into performance problems?

I'm sure you've done the RAM upgrade right??

Yes, you and me both. I've looked at the newer ne...

2009-11-06T01:14:42.648-06:00

Yes, you and me both. I've looked at the newer netbooks, but seriously, I love the touch screen, etc the Q1u-v has. What has been soldered can be unsoldered (helped my dad put together a Heathkit back when home computers were new. You had to solder everything onto the boards yourself. When one was bad, we had to take it off and solder in a replacement. Hence my wondering if anyone had considered replacing it or both it and the motherboard. Wishful thinking I know.

Thanks for the kind words, it really made my day! ...

2009-11-04T06:57:00.255-06:00

Thanks for the kind words, it really made my day! I like your blog and I've added it my daily RSS routine. Keep up the writing!

Re: Atom upgrade - yeah you and me both sister! W...

2009-11-03T02:39:43.641-06:00

Re: Atom upgrade - yeah you and me both sister! We all know given enough time/effort/money anything is possible in computers but I'm not going to be placing any hope in the CPU upgrade bucket on these units. The CPU is soldered. Stuff this size is a total custom fit all the way down to the heat profile. I paid about $665 for my Q1U... and well over a $grand when you add in custom accessories that probably won't migrate to another unit... yes that smarts compared to the dearth of $200 range Atom netbooks I see... but this tablet form factor has given me so much valuable real life usage it has been totally worth it. There are some really nice new Atom based tablets out there now for $500... the Archos 9 tablet, the Viliv X70 is $600 but they'll all come down shortly... that is pretty reasonable in my opinion... I say just hold out for another 6 mo-year and it'll be time to lay our trusty Q1U's down for a much deserved dirt nap.

Have you looked into upgrading the processor/mothe...

2009-11-03T01:16:04.595-06:00

Have you looked into upgrading the processor/motherboard that the new netbooks are using? I still like my Q1u-v, but would like it to have one of the faster atom processors in it. Has anyone tried it yet?

This seems like a winner. It will require new har...

2009-11-02T19:54:13.955-06:00

This seems like a winner. It will require new hardware. Seems worth the effort to fit into the rest of your decor.
http://lifehacker.com/5395107/build-a-home-server-in-a-whisky-bottle

Sed in Spanish means thirsty. As in "Tengo sed. V...

2009-11-02T07:26:17.268-06:00

Sed in Spanish means thirsty.
As in "Tengo sed. Vamos al beber." I'm thirsty. Let's go drinking.

Hey thanks Susan... I'll be honest, you are basica...

2009-08-05T06:39:38.115-05:00

Hey thanks Susan... I'll be honest, you are basically the very first comment from anybody (that's not family haha :)... I consider this my notepad for remembering stuff and packaging things up to point friends/family at for common answers... if you get anything out of it at all that would be neat! I think we all yearn to be read :) Cheers!

urgel burgel gurgle durgle... uhhh yeah... so... l...

2009-05-20T19:11:47.189-05:00

urgel burgel gurgle durgle... uhhh yeah... so... like... when you get to the point where you can do a reinstall without having to restore a single setting or file then blog those settings baby.

Update: page 17 of the user manual confirms that t...

2009-05-14T04:29:25.721-05:00

Update: page 17 of the user manual confirms that the unit is capable of focusing up to a 12.1 ft throw. Now that would result in a 303 in (25ft) display image which is getting a little rediculous to physically look at in normal home theater surrounds; but it would be awesome to throw up on the outside of a house for summer movie night or something like that :)

ok you bastard. i ordered this puppy x 2. don't ...

2009-05-13T17:25:53.824-05:00

ok you bastard. i ordered this puppy x 2. don't let me down... i'm blaming you!

It's a short range, probably not much more than 6 ...

2009-05-13T13:04:42.600-05:00

It's a short range, probably not much more than 6 feet reliably. Designed to sit close to projection surface, thereby allowing people to walk very close to the screen (for presentations)... it's definitely a business oriented projector, not home theater. That means it won't have top specs with regards to video/games... this is the main difference between the two primary model lines out there today.

looks good for close up stuff... from how far away...

2009-05-13T05:46:22.531-05:00

looks good for close up stuff... from how far away can you project?

I am trying to set up WebDrive network drive to us...

2009-05-07T10:40:33.354-05:00

I am trying to set up WebDrive network drive to use with sharepoint and have run into the following problems:

1. I can connect to the intranet on my office desktop directly connected to our network, but cannot connect at home through our VPN. Is this related to firewall(s) settings? I get the following WebDrive error message:
Connecting to site MDA Intranet
Connecting to http://gator/projects
Resolving url gator to an IP address
Url resolved to IP address 172.16.1.9
Connecting to 172.16.1.9 on port 80
Connected successfully to the server on port 80

Unable to connect to server, error information below

Error: Logon to server failed. (4505)
Operation: Connecting to server
Server Response: 401 Unauthorized
2. Some software operates correctly with the web directory when I open a file stored in sharepoint. I have problems with others. I can open an existing MS Word and Excel directly from the sharepoint directory and edit them, but when I try to save the revision, I get a permission error. I have tried to rename the file, but still run into the same problem. I also have the same problem when I try to save new Word and Excel files. Is there something peculiar to MS files that I can work around?
3. I have also tried to save data files used with some of our analytical software. One program uses Microsoft database files (MDB file type). It appears that I cannot store that file type in the sharepoint directory. Is that correct? Is there a work-around other than renaming the file ending from .mdb to .something_else (which appears to work)?

Can anyone recommend a consultant that could help me work through these problems?

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2009-01-24T17:23:15.976-06:00

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The fan is absolutely silent... I didn't even real...

2008-10-03T03:37:07.318-05:00

The fan is absolutely silent... I didn't even realize there was a fan until I noticed the very minor heat output ... I had to put it right up next to my ear to make sure.

Wondering if you could talk more about the fan noi...

2008-09-30T13:37:48.701-05:00

Wondering if you could talk more about the fan noise. I'm looking at picking up one of these but laptop fan noise usually drives me crazy...

Considering going fanless with something like the Dell Mini 9, but I really like the tablet format of the Q1U.

Try vLite befor the switch to XP. Same as nLite bu...

2008-09-11T17:57:47.003-05:00

Try vLite befor the switch to XP. Same as nLite but still kinda beta for Vista support.

guess i sorta spoke too soon... with QuicKeys load...

2008-08-21T06:58:43.470-05:00

guess i sorta spoke too soon... with QuicKeys loaded a bunch of other hotkey programs started dying on startup here on my Vista Server 2008 install (HyperSnap, CuteFTP, etc.)... still, i like it, just have to disable it to use some other junk which is annoying but not a deal breaker for moi