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Postbox and GMail: A Great Match!
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Yes, it has been a while! Work and school have been keeping me crazy busy. Most of what I write about comes from trying new things, discovering new ways to accomplish a task, or experience I’ve gained working with my clients. Recently, I got tired of all the performance issues with Outlook accessing Google GMail and switched to a new mail client that has made a big fan out of me. The product is called Postbox and you have to try it! Read More→
Lenovo IdeaPad S12 Netbook – Total Awesomeness!
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I remember the early attempts at netbooks running Windows CE that failed miserably. They were seriously underpowered machines that had limitations on the applications they were able to run. Not true with the new wave of netbooks that are running standard Windows desktop operating systems.
I looked at all of the netbooks on the market and settled on the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 with the VIA Nano ULV 2250 (1.30GHz 800MHz 1MB) processor. Why VIA instead of Intel Atom? I liked the fact that it would address 3 GB of memory (RAM), had a very fast front-side BUS (quick communication between the processor and the rest of the system) and 1MB of video memory (fast video). Also, the reviews and benchmarks (speed tests) were very good. I should note that the VIA is a 64-bit processor. Be aware when buying Intel Atom that there are two flavors 32-bit and 64-bit. You want to be sure to get 64-bit (speed, speed, speed). Read More→
