Pear Computer's iTop Laptop Now in Five Fruit Flavors Posted by Pixelfish on Thursday October 14, @04:33PM EDT from the fruit-salad dept. ClamshellCarl writes "Pear has expanded its translucent clamshell laptop line to five colors: Blueberry, Tangerine, Lime, Grape and a new 'Graphite' for people who want to be taken seriously at meetings. It has a handle, wireless networking that works without wires, and weighs about as much as a medium-sized cat." I want one. I don't know why. I just do. Pear Computer's iTop Laptop Now in Five Fruit Flavors | Login/Create an Account | Top | 18 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 18 comments 0: 16 comments 1: 14 comments 2: 11 comments 3: 5 comments 4: 1 comments 5: 1 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. Wireless networking by StargazerSue on Thursday October 14, @04:43PM EDT (#2) (User Info) The wireless card is the real story here. In five years every laptop will have it and every coffee shop will have a base station. Mark my words. [ Reply to This ] Re:Wireless networking by WindowManiac on Thursday October 14, @04:55PM EDT (#3) (User Info) Exactly. And the vendors know it, which is why they're scared. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Wireless networking by JavaJunkie on Thursday October 14, @05:07PM EDT (#4) (User Info) Citation needed. Where are you getting these numbers? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Toilet seat by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14, @05:12PM EDT (#5) It looks like a toilet seat. A very nice, translucent, tangerine toilet seat. [ Reply to This ] One button mouse by DaemonDiva on Thursday October 14, @05:19PM EDT (#6) (User Info) Still with the one button trackpad. How do I middle-click paste? [ Reply to This ] Hmm, not so sure by DaemonDiva on Thursday October 14, @05:32PM EDT (#7) (User Info) I'm not so sure this is good news. Every time someone says 'this will change everything', it changes about 3% of something. [ Reply to This ] Re:Hmm, not so sure by BioBob on Thursday October 14, @05:58PM EDT (#11) (User Info) This is the most sensible thing I've read on Dashdot all week. Somebody mod this up. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hmm, not so sure by ladybug_lisp (Score:0) Re:Hmm, not so sure by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14, @07:13PM EDT (#18) Not true at all. I've been running it for months with no problems. Maybe check your hardware? [ Reply to This | Parent ] BSD: a eulogy by pitchfork_pete on Thursday October 14, @05:34PM EDT (#8) (User Info) Sad news, everyone. Analysts at a firm I just made up report that BSD now runs on fewer than 4% of servers, down from 4.1% last spring. Even the daemon mascot has been seen updating his resume. Gather round, friends, and light a candle for the little OS that could, but statistically shouldn't. [ Reply to This ] Re:BSD: a eulogy by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14, @06:45PM EDT (#16) The parent's point stands, though: it depends entirely on the use case. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Beowulf by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14, @05:37PM EDT (#9) Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. [ Reply to This ] Read the article by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14, @06:16PM EDT (#13) Did anyone actually read the article? Half the comments here are answering questions that are answered in the second paragraph. [ Reply to This ] Year 2000 by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14, @06:20PM EDT (#14) Just wait until January. Then we'll see who's laughing. (Probably everyone. The answer is probably everyone.) [ Reply to This ] Re: First post by ladybug_lisp on Thursday October 14, @06:56PM EDT (#17) (User Info) Not even close to first post. You lose. Good day sir. [ Reply to This ] 4 replies beneath your current threshold. Show them all (threshold -1).

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