When Windows 7 launched last Autumn, our Performance Engineer, John Mese was kind enough to come on camera with me and discuss Lenovo’s Enhanced Experience, our high performance Windows 7 preload.  We talked briefly about UEFI, and John mentioned that it offered significant advantages for future PCs. Speed is one of these advantages.  In the 3 [...]

One of our Twitter followers let us know that people seem to be having problems posting comments to this blog. I had suspected that was the case when I wrote 3 posts with exactly zero comments, but thought that perhaps I had poisoned my own well by having some long gaps between postings. There is no conspiracy [...]

I blogged last year about my experiences with the CSWR (Center for Severe Weather Research) “storm chasing” team and our ThinkPad T400s. When I rode along with them, I abused a T400s notebook in the rain, dropped it, and then finally crushed it with a 10,000 lb. truck.  It was a lot of fun, but not [...]

I’m personally pleased that we have delayed our Skylight and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid systems.  The world has changed a lot since CES in January and it isn’t just because of the iPad.  Droids, Kindles, Facebook, and Evos all play a part. Though I am pleased overall, I am not happy with having to wait longer to [...]

I participated in CNET’s Reporters’ Roundtable with Rafe Needleman about two weeks ago.  The topic was The Future of Laptops.  While I encourage you to click the link and watch the segment, self-promotion isn’t why I am blogging today.  After the show was over, one thing was readily apparent – my video and audio quality were [...]