New Cray supercomputer is the fastest in the world

That reminds me.

Drew, do you still have Kristin's dead Macbook to send? I'll pay postage.

Petabyte!

Looks like Alltel is dropping our internet coverage (tethering the phone to the laptop) because they don't have a roaming contract in place for data. Which makes some sense. I'm on the phone for minutes, but online for hours.

So now I'm looking for wireless mobile internet connectivity via either tethering or a card, that does have unlimited online capability and unlimited roaming, with pretty extensive coverage, particularly in the sparse West. Anyone else logging on this way?

Probably not, I suppose, but we've really loved the ability to get online in a moving vehicle, anywhere we go. And we can't really get any other connection at home other than paying a whack of a lot for satellite, which is definitely not mobile.

Liese, I have a Verizon card, which I use for work. It's fine, most places...but I'm almost always in cities, not in the sparse West. I have no idea how the coverage is, there. Sprint has them too. I only pay something like $45 a month, but it's with a corporate contract. You might be able to get some sort of deal if you get your cellphones through them too, or something.

From the New York Times:

3 Flat-Screen Makers Plead Guilty to Trying to Keep Prices High

Prices for the flat screens in televisions, personal computers and cellphones have plummeted in recent years — but the decline would have been even faster if it hadn’t been for an international price-fixing cartel, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

Three leading flat-screen producers — LG Display of South Korea, Sharp of Japan and Chunghwa Picture Tubes of Taiwan — pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a total of $585 million in criminal fines for their role in fixing the price of liquid-crystal display panels.

full story: [link]

Drew, do you still have Kristin's dead Macbook to send? I'll pay postage.

Yes, I do still have it and my schedule is finally easing up so I should be able to send it along in the next week or two.

Cool. Thanks.

Good to hear the stress factors might loosen a bit for you.

Quick Question:

Are either of these computers a good deal? I pretty muich use the computer to go online, and maybe work on Word or Excel for work occasionally. I want something cheap and light.

EEE pc [link]

Thinkpad [link]

Acer Aspire (it is pink and my favorite, but I can't tell if it has windows) [link]

I don't know if they are the same model, but the Acer Aspire on Newegg says it has Windows XP.

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I'm not recommending it though, I've never used any of these so I can't give any informed opinions. I can recommend a cheap Toshiba, my wife and BIL both have $500 Toshibas and they work quite well, but they aren't little things.

Are either of these computers a good deal? I pretty muich use the computer to go online, and maybe work on Word or Excel for work occasionally. I want something cheap and light.

I would strongly suggest that you try out an EEE PC or Aspire One before purchasing -- the online pictures don't emphasize how small the screen and keyboards are.

Thank you Gud!

Good thought Tom-- although as I am currently using my cell phone-- it is sure to be bigger than that!