I dream often in white on blackwith a hint of primary color and simple lines. Followed by unexpected blocky, flashing caledoscopic nightmares of colors, a series of straight red lines on black and the sentence (c) 1982 Sinclar Research
I have the feeling that the fan and dissipater are simply there to hide the fact that they are actually still clearing out the stock of their 1998-era S3 ViRGE chips.
Hopefully, the offices of the future won't have windows. The concept also seems to forget the device would also require a visible-light emitter, or as I like to call it, a big shining led on your plant, laptop, PDA, screen and everywere else on your office.
While we're at it, why is using visible-light LEDs to communicate any better, than, say, the cheaper and more energy-efficient infrared leds you find in a remote? More to the point, why is this any diferent from IRDA-based ethernet as part of the IEEE 802.11 protocol?
I'd also like to see the math that says that producing light is more energy efficient than radio waves.
Seriously, I always thought they stole those good looking keys from the ZX Spectrum and from the garden variety european ATM machines.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm in the market for a new laptop, and I want a 13-incher. I need something with a great keyboard for typing, as this will mostly be used for note taking in class. I am absolutely smitten with the XPS 13, but I'm afraid that with its age Dell is going to give it an update soon. Any advice for someone in my shoes?"
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Damm you, Clive.