tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post219543272510812165..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Chrome notebooks comingEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-59909727820533819512011-04-23T11:21:32.915+00:002011-04-23T11:21:32.915+00:00Ah yes, I remember. Talk about being ahead of your...Ah yes, I remember. Talk about being ahead of your time. <br />Trying to work on a dial-up, urgh.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-76107390704606522882011-04-23T03:48:47.555+00:002011-04-23T03:48:47.555+00:00But also in the nineties, dear Eolake, Sun launche...But also in the nineties, dear Eolake, Sun launched its NetPC project, to do exactly the same as the Chrome netbooks. They were "dumb terminals", working on the Web... on 1996. Almost nobody had a broadband connection in those days, so the computers had to work by dial up. Really frightening. <br />Here there is an article of that year, about it:<br />http://news.cnet.com/Suns-Net-PC-will-target-businesses/2100-1001_3-211392.html<br /><br />Love, Marcelo.Marcelo Metayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945561158831087459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-53913912395045572762011-04-22T22:44:29.703+00:002011-04-22T22:44:29.703+00:00And I see they have removed the cardboard in the c...And I see they have removed the cardboard in the center of some TP rolls, wiht a very small paper "tube" which goes over a spindle.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434318898333768620noreply@blogger.com