For a few years I’ve been looking for the best small light laptop for Windows or Linux. I love the mac trackpad and keyboard. I finally realized that I loved the Mac Hardware…
Category Archives: Windows
Lenovo Cheap Laptops for fun
I can’t pass up an interesting, cheap and small laptop. I’ll always have a use for them somewhere. Recently I’ve managed to pick up two Lenovos, and it’s interesting to see how varied and strange the laptops are from one another. They are both from the same manufacture, yet might as well be from completely…
Broadwell 2-in-1
Liliputing has a nice review of a bunch of 2-in-1 Broadwell (Core M) powered systems. All seem to be the 2-in-1 factor, as this new chip can be run in a fanless (i.e. tablet) form. Goodbye Atom. The Dell Latitude 13 looks nice, with backlit keys on the keyboard- but it’s bluetooth and at 13″…
In search of the smallest – Acer Switch 10 Edition
Updated September 6th – More information, readbility August 11th - Read my latest post- I got another Switch 10 and am using Fedora on it…  In my never-ending search for the smallest of functional laptops it’s almost been impossible to find something that meets at the nebulous intersection of light and small and actually useful…
Windows7 Reverse Scrolling
Do you use Windows7 on bootcamp? Or anywhere? After adjusting to the scrolling system on Mountain Lion (which I love) it’s almost impossible to go back to Windows and have wierd scrolling again. You can easily change it for USB mice (still need to figure out how to do it for trackpad) where easily assumes…