KENNETH PORIO | the blog

Hey, my always-connected buddy, you can sit on top of me! Are you really doubtful to the lilliputians ? Don't know what a netbook computer can do for you. Intel made videos comparing their 2 very popular microprocessor technologies for mobile PCs: the Intel Centrino and the Intel Atom. Video 1: On processing power Video 2: On multimedia Video 3: On portability Does Intel want to mislead you ? In the bigger picture of mobile computing, netbooks were meant to be the smaller, more compact form of a laptop, powerful enough  to browse the Internet with ease. With small screens, small keyboards, small form, it's portable enough to take anywhere where there's a spot to connect to the Internet. You will think, though, that you can just throw off this device when you aren't satisfied because of its mediocre  processing power. Think again. In most parts, many of my schoolmates here in UP Mindanao whose families come from the lower middle to low income bracke...

I've been handling this Dell Latitude D420  for 3 weeks now, and I can't believe this PC has given me everything I need. This 2006 Dell notebook was bought in a surplus computer shop in Bajada, Davao City. When I took a look at it for the first time, I thought, "this is the mobile PC I was looking for." At only 3 pounds (or 1.36 kg), it's super light like a netbook. It's compact like a netbook. It's thin like a netbook. But it isn't a netbook in its looks and in what's inside of it. It was intended to be a business-focused notebook computer. It has a discrete design, not in-your-face, strong and masculine. It can take more abuse than a conventional netbook. Take a look at what I've been getting: Processor: Intel Core Duo U2500 ULV (1.20GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache) Screen: 12.1" WXGA TFT LCD 1280 x 800 (Matte) Graphics: Intel GMA 950 (Integrated, up to 224MB shared) Memory: 1.5GB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, (512MB Integrated) 2 DIMMs H...

The year 2007 was the start of the era of netbooks , small, lightweight and inexpensive laptops that Intel says were meant to be "designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet." But given its form factor, which is too much similar to a traditional laptop: flip-top clamshell look, LCD or LED screens, small keyboard, touchpad as a mouse (with one or two exceptions), running on batteries - it is meant to be a computer on the go. Given that netbooks run operating systems also found in desktops and traditional laptops, it is also meant for those usual computing tasks: word processing, spreadsheets, maybe a little casual gaming. But Intel says the netbook is not powerful enough to run applications such as photo editors, video editors, audio mixers, HD media players, and even programming environments. The question now is that: why do customers still opt for these little laptops? It has been long a time that the most powerful desktop computers that existed 10 y...

Lilliputian laptop or gigantic touchscreen? Desktop OS or Touch-panel OS? Windows or Ubuntu or Android or iOS? WHAT'S YOUR SAY? The tablet (or slate or touchscreen) PC, also known as a mobile Internet device (MID), is a computer which has functions that enable users to consume media content. The Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and many other devices out there sport all screen, without the keyboard or mouse, and a few ports for accesories. Its interface is touch-based, which can make reading e-books, playing games, watching videos or Internet surfing easy, although typing or spreadsheet creation will be quite cumbersome. Tablets are more of content consumption . The netbook (or sub-notebook or mini-laptop) is a smaller, more lightweight version of the traditional laptop. It features the same features of a usual laptop or desktop - keyboard, touchpad (for a mouse), screen, and a decent amount of ports for peripherals - USB ports, a D-Sub VGA port or HDMI port, an Ethernet port...

I desperately need a mobile PC. Why is that so? Since the start of the 2nd semester, I have been thinking of having a mobile PC with me aside from the age-old Pentium 4 desktop (but with Hyper-Threading Technology, mind you) we have at home, I need something I can bring for me to type codes, make papers, edit photos or videos, and somewhat kill my boredom while I'm in UPMin. With my current roster of major subjects (i.e. CMSC128 - Software Engineering, CMSC 130 - Logic Circuits [the one I'm repeating now], and CMSC 142 - Algorithm Design) with a dash of extra subjects (JAP 11 - Elementary Japanese 2, and ENG 10 - Writing Scientific Papers), I thought this will be a very demanding semester for me. Imagine - writing documentations, coding systems, simulating circuits, testing algorithms, memorizing grammars and formulating topics - that's a load of tasks I have to do every now and then. Aside from that, as I am currently with Himati, the official student publication, I ...