Two new ones from
BenQ, the quite similarly specced P52 (pictured) and R55
Joybooks. Both laptops feature 15.4-inch WXGA displays with 200 nits of brightness and 16ms response times and weigh 6.2 pounds, but the P52 goes for an AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, while the R55 sports Intel's Core 2 Duo chip. Both Joybooks are also privy to Bluetooth 2.0 and S-Video. For graphics, the P52 has the 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1600, while the R55 goes for the 256MB GeForce Go 7400 from NVIDIA. The Intel model also has SPDIF sound, while its AMD sibling has a DVI-D port, but we're in the dark in regards to the rest of the specs, and price and availability prove equally evasive. At least these two desktop replacements are looking sharp, though they do seem to be Korean bound, so it's not like we're going to get much action with these anyways.
Read - BenQ Joybook P52
Read - BenQ Joybook R55
posted Oct 18th 2006 9:15PM
I like the windows balloon which states "Your computer might be at risk" brand new product and already windows found something wrong with it...
Yeah, Windows finds fault with everything you do. I disable those notifications (because I have a hardware firewall, and prefer to keep windows' disabled) and Windows Defender marks the change as a potential security threat. You can't win, no matter what you try.
I'm not trying to hate here but I've just got to comment.
I'm a writer for an electronics retailer's online store. I've written several hundred MP3 players among other things, so certain words and phrases have become part of my technical writing lexicon. However, I also hate them. Phrases like "on the go," while remaining a technically sound ways to describe the potential use of electronics in transit, lose their luster after you've written them for the 80th time.
The target of this comment is the phrase "busts out." I see at least 1 "busts out" headline a day here on E. I think it's more likely that AVG would "gently place" their Joybooks (though obviously a less exciting headline) - but what I'm curious about, though, is the writer's opinion.
Is this a favorite phrase, or is it part of the oft-used but necessary vocabulary that you've learned to hate?
Thanks in advance for sating my curiosity.
Good comment John, too bad there was no response! Always interested in hearing about language usage.
I too came here for a language issue, though of a more... er... blue luster.
Joybook? JOYbook? I realize everything must be "xBook" because Apple ownz you. But JOYbook?
Obviously, a laptop specifically targeted for porn! Or cruising adult dating sites and not getting laid, ever. Or hitting up the RLD in Second Life to get it on with the hot catwoman-inspired avatar that GUY in Kazakstan has built... oh he types the sexiest "meows"!
-Pie