tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18512939.post4919840676297794811..comments2024-02-22T04:40:49.446-05:00Comments on Notes from the Quartermaster: This Makes Me Glad I Bought a HPQuartermasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06954801222454456377noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18512939.post-53982535020928425912009-05-23T19:54:52.180-04:002009-05-23T19:54:52.180-04:00It's a proven medical fact that women are easi...It's a proven medical fact that women are easily confused by technical details. I'm pretty sure it even says so in the Bible. I'm sure Dell(a) was just trying to tailor its site for the particular needs of the target audience. Like you said, June Cleaver. The Modern Woman has to juggle intensive tasks such as cooking, cleaning, reproducing, and shuttling kids to and fro in a minivan; she doesn't have time to think about how much memory her new pink netbook has or whether or not it'll play World of WarCraft. There's just not enough time in the day. That's why these issues are better left to the man of the house, who is so preoccupied with said technical details that he is completely unable to find anything in the house without assistance.<br /><br />Seriously, I expect someone has lost their job or at least taken a nice juicy demotion over the Della site, because it's being lambasted by everyone who looks at it. It had to be designed by single unattached men, because the first time one of them said, "Honey, what do you think of this?", he would've found out how much the site misses the mark.<br /><br />If you're thinking about a netbook, I highly recommend my Samsung NC10. It's got the black & chrome look you like (also comes in Apple-wannabe white, no pink), a nearly full-size keyboard, a roomy hard drive (for a netbook), superb battery life, and a profound lack of bloatware (only a trial copy of Mcafee). I bumped up the RAM from 1GB to 2GB for about $20, and everything I want it to do it does like a champ. Hell, it even plays Diablo II! If you plan to watch movies (it's great at playing DivX video) or listen to music I'd recommend headphones, as the speakers define "underpowered", but that's true of pretty much all netbooks. I can even recommend a bag for it: the Case Logic eSling. I have the largest of the three models, which is a messenger bag style. It's got a well-padded compartment for the laptop and another roomy compartment that's designed to hold all the other tech things you'd travel with: cell phone, iPod, camera, etc. For women it'll hold all the things you'd need on the road: makeup, perfume, feminine hygiene products, the Today sponge.<br /><br />Today's verification word is "ouster". As in, "I predict an ouster of the Della design team and their swift return to the fast food industry."Yomperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894181981015798339noreply@blogger.com