Well, just don't get too excited, they just shafted all the non pre 2 owners telling them that no more OS upgrades are coming ( http://www.precentral.net/no-major-webos-ota-updates-pre-pre-plus-pixi-pixi-plus ) and that if they want, for example, the flash plugin they have been promised for about two years they will have to 'upgrade' to a new model.
And at the moment the new model is running for about 500Eur and it will be worth 200 in six months when the palm pre 3 comes out.. but wait, you will be able to run Webos 3 on your palm 2.. don't worry....
Hmm, been using dual monitors on linux from... let's see, it was 1999 and it was slackware and they were two matrox G200, I had to ditch an hercules b&W only because I couldn't really stand having one monitor at 24bpp and the other in black and white....
from there on... dual lcds, one lcd one crt, laptop+lcd, laptopo+crt.... never been using less than eight virtual double-desktop....
what version of windows has support for virtual desktops ? Hmm, let's see... they haven't got there yet...
Man, this is the lamest excuse I ever heard for justifying the expense for a second monitor.
I can imagine trying this line out with my wife: "really dear, we need to buy this second 24'' lcd so you can play with me on my computer...".. whatever...
It looks like the folks who make the Linux based Video Disk Recorder have a new standard to live up to.
... yeah VDR users should really be worried about something that requires a p4 > 2.5Ghz and is not able to do this (I do have VDR installed on a machine with a PIII 800 and a k6III@300 Mhz, the only thing the K6 can't handle is divx replay):
- multiple channels recording (with multiple languages/dolby digital)
- MP3/DVD/VCD/Divx replay (no drm, no region codes no nothing)
- Network streaming (Oh yes, even to a windows client) of a live channel
- Timeshifting
- LCD support
- network remote control
- timers/searches/recording handled through web interface
- support for external RGB sources (requires a MPEG2 encoder card)
..and....
- No internet connection required whatsoever
- no keyboard required
- no license required
- no windows;-)
- mpeg2 or divx recordings
- a minimal installation requires less than 20 MB (for the whole linux system plus VDR itself)
.. the only drawback is that vdr ir sat-centric and it is designed from the ground for broadcasts that follow the DVB standard (i.e. pretty useless in the U.S.)... lucky me I live in Italy.....
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I know my opinion of HP just went up.
Well, just don't get too excited, they just shafted all the non pre 2 owners telling them that no more OS upgrades are coming ( http://www.precentral.net/no-major-webos-ota-updates-pre-pre-plus-pixi-pixi-plus ) and that if they want, for example, the flash plugin they have been promised for about two years they will have to 'upgrade' to a new model.
And at the moment the new model is running for about 500Eur and it will be worth 200 in six months when the palm pre 3 comes out .. but wait, you will be able to run Webos 3 on your palm 2 .. don't worry ....
Hmm, been using dual monitors on linux from ... let's see, it was 1999 and it was slackware and they were two matrox G200, ....
I had to ditch an hercules b&W only because I couldn't really stand having one monitor at 24bpp and the other in black and white
from there on ... dual lcds, one lcd one crt, laptop+lcd, laptopo+crt .... ....
never been using less than eight virtual double-desktop
what version of windows has support for virtual desktops ? Hmm, let's see ... they haven't got there yet ...
Man, this is the lamest excuse I ever heard for justifying the expense for a second monitor.
I can imagine trying this line out with my wife: ..." .. whatever ...
"really dear, we need to buy this second 24'' lcd so you can play with me on my computer
It looks like the folks who make the Linux based Video Disk Recorder have a new standard to live up to.
... yeah VDR users should really be worried about something that requires a p4 > 2.5Ghz and is not able to do this (I do have VDR installed on a machine with a PIII 800 and a k6III@300 Mhz, the only thing the K6 can't handle is divx replay):
..and ....
;-)
.. the only drawback is that vdr ir sat-centric and it is designed from the ground for broadcasts that follow the DVB standard (i.e. pretty useless in the U.S.) ... lucky me I live in Italy .....
- multiple channels recording (with multiple languages/dolby digital)
- MP3/DVD/VCD/Divx replay (no drm, no region codes no nothing)
- Network streaming (Oh yes, even to a windows client) of a live channel
- Timeshifting
- LCD support
- network remote control
- timers/searches/recording handled through web interface
- support for external RGB sources (requires a MPEG2 encoder card)
- No internet connection required whatsoever
- no keyboard required
- no license required
- no windows
- mpeg2 or divx recordings
- a minimal installation requires less than 20 MB (for the whole linux system plus VDR itself)