NETBOOKS FAIL MORE OFTEN THAN OTHER COMPUTERS

Netbooks have gained considerable popularity in recent years. They are cheap and ultraportable due to their small size. And most netbooks have enough power to handle every day jobs. On the flip side, netbooks fail more often than other notebooks.

SquareTrade, a company providing warranties for laptops, has published a study based on the data it collected over one year. The study reveals that almost one-third of all laptop owners reported a failure to SquareTrade within the first 3 years of purchasing the machine. The study also indicates that netbooks have a 20% higher rate of failure than other notebooks in the first year due to problems associated with hardware. While Asus and Toshiba netbooks encountered the fewest problems, HP had the most.

The study, however, is not a comprehensive one as data has been tracked for only one year. Another factor that needs to be mentioned is that SquareTrade uses a very general definition of a netbook. The company considers every computer that costs less than $400 to be a netbook. While netbooks are generally cheap, many good netbooks cost around $500. On the other hand, there are plenty of notebooks with larger displays that cost less than $400.

COMPANIES BUYING USED COMPUTERS FOR XP

This is quite interesting as it seems to actually make some sense. According to IDC and Rescuecom its cheaper for businesses to buy used XP systems than to buy new ones and downgrade to XP. So of course they're going for it. The only problem is that the scum bags are loading bootlgged copies of XP onto used systems and selling them on such sites as eBay, Craiglist and others. So according to those working at ComputerWorld is is safer to buy used Dell or HP machines than to take the risk of running a bunch of pirated software on your system.

I never dreamed that XP would get more love than the Max OSX. I guess that people don't know what they have until its gone. Lets hope Window's 7 fixes that.

FIDEL CASTRO STEPS DOWN TO LET IN COMPUTERS

Fidel Castro stepped down as Cuba's president after nearly 50 years as the island nation's leader, but one major change is by now on the way for Cuban citizens: Reuters exposes the country is getting set to allow unrestricted sales of DVD players and PCs.

Currently, only business men and foreigners are permissible to purchase computers in Cuba, and until last year DVD players were actually detained at Cuban airports. The Cuban government still restricts sales of mobile phones, and Internet entrée remains tightly controlled.

Cuba is in fact lifting the restrictions because of developments to the country's electrical grid; however, the government doesn't plan to permit sales of air conditioners until 2009, and sales of toasters and electric ovens will be forbidden until 2010 due to confines on Cuban electrical infrastructure.

Cuba also plans to endorse unrestricted sales of electric bicycles, car alarms, microwave ovens, electric pressure cookers, and rice cookers. Televisions are previously available.

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