Data Recovery in the Event of a Hard Drive Failure

I ran across this article on Deal News, a site whose motto is "Every Day is Black Friday". They took a middle-of-the-road laptop and did price comparisons during the year. They confirmed the best time to buy a laptop is: back to school time or August and September.

Other good times to purchase are November (black Friday) and April. Prices ranged from a high of $580 in July to below $500 in April.

So if you are contemplating a laptop purchase, get your credit card warmed up. Back to school time is just around the corner!

To Your Success,

Tim

According to Reuters (if you can believe them) Microsoft has offered to put other browsers into their operating system in order to settle a lawsuit from the European Union.

In the old days where profits were consistently up quarter over quarter, MS would hang in there and fight out lawsuits to the bitter end. In today's market, it could make more sense for MS to cave in and settle the lawsuit.

I wonder if this is a sign of times to come from the Redmond campus. Let me know your thoughts, please. The entire article may be found here.

To Your Success,

Tim

Would You have invested in this company back in 1978? I mean, look at them! Kids, really. What do they know about running a business? No way this small business is going to make it. Especially with the nasty economy we had after President Carter came onboard. Doomed for failure, I would say.

What a pathetic accumulation of geeks! No fashion sense, that's for sure. And that guy on the front row, bottom left. What a nerd! And he's in charge? You gotta be kidding me!

For those of you who don't recognize anybody in the picture, this is the original employees of Microsoft when they were still in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shortly after, they moved to Seattle, doubled in size, and well, the rest is, shall we say, History!

To Your Success,

Tim

No sooner do I post a blog about storage space getting bigger while form factor gets smaller, then along comes another big player in the storage market with another milestone. It seems Western Digital has announced the first 1 Terrabyte 2.5 inch mobile drive. WD claims a 3GB/s transfer speed as well. 

MSRP on the 1TB model is $249.99, not a bad price considering what it is. I would, however, look for the price to come down quickly in the next year. The drive also comes with a 3 year warranty. 

This is excellent news for those who need 1TB of portable storage, or those looking for a laptop with more than about 600GB storage currently available. 

There is a 750GB model available as well, but the big news is the 1TB drive. When will it end? I don't know, but I'm glad they keep pushing the envelope! 

 To Your Success, 

 Tim