BOOM!!!BOOM!!!BOOM!!!BOOM...whas that i hear? Berhanes butt!?! AGHHH!!! The font is HUGE like berhanes butt...lolJK JK JK JK JK JK JKLaptops getting BIGGER!!! (like Berhane's butt!?!?)
An IDC report says wide-screen laptop sales will overtake the sales of laptops with standard-aspect displays sometime in 2006.
That's hardly news to us--I'd estimate that about half of the laptops Michelle and I have seen this year have had wide-aspect displays. And having worked on such laptops, both at work and at home, for more than a year now, I'm telling you: Wide-screen is the only way to fly, man. Yes, the movies look better in letterbox format, but it's being able to work with two (or more) windows side-by-side that really seals the deal.
Notable quote: "While IDC is expecting a larger price difference between standard-size and wide-screen notebooks in the 14-inch category, prices should even out next year as demand for wide-screen notebooks takes off and computer makers transition from 14-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch displays to the larger sizes, [IDC analyst Richard] Shim said."
Aside from a brief mention of Samsung's 19-inch behemot., the News.com article also suggests that Dell and LG Philips could easily bring out larger laptop displays in the future. Forget about incremental boosts in processor speed, double-layer DVD burners, and memory-card readers. We want those bigger screens ASAP
Death Toll in Iraq (talk about "Wake me up when sept. ends" XP
The American military death toll in the Iraq war reached 2,000 Tuesday with the announcements of three more deaths, including an Army sergeant who died of wounds at a military hospital in Texas and two Marines killed last week in fighting west of Baghdad.
The 2,000 mark was reached amid growing doubts among the American public about the Iraq conflict, launched in March 2003 to destroy Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction. None was ever found.
In Washington, the U.S. Senate observed a moment of silence in honor of the fallen 2,000. "We owe them a deep debt of gratitude for their courage, for their valor, for their strength, for their commitment to our country," said Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist.
Critics of the war also acknowledged the sacrifice, even as they questioned the policies of those who lead it.
"Our armed forces are serving ably in Iraq under enormously difficult circumstances, and the policy of our government must be worthy of their sacrifice. Unfortunately, it is not, and the American people know it," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat.
Sen. Robert Byrd, a veteran Democrat from West Virginia, said Americans should expect "many more losses to come."
"More than 135,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq. They did not ask to be sent to war, but each day, they carry out their duty while risking their lives. It is only reasonable that the American people, and their elected representatives, ask more questions about what the future holds in Iraq," Byrd said.
President Bush warned the U.S. public to brace for more casualties in the fight against "as brutal an enemy as we have ever faced, unconstrained by any notion of common humanity and by the rules of warfare."
"No one should underestimate the difficulties ahead," Bush said in a speech Tuesday before the Joint Armed Forces Officers' Wives' luncheon in Washington.
As a sign of those challenges, one of Iraq's most ruthless terror groups al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for Monday's suicide attacks against hotels housing Western journalists and contractors in Baghdad, as well as suicide bombings Tuesday in northern Iraq.
Quote of the Day:
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way if he gets angry, he'll be a mile away and barefoot.
Name of the Day:
Wanda Belch
