Posts by Adrian Tompkins

Don't buy Microsoft Surface gear: 25% will break after 2 years, says Consumer Reports

Not been my experience

I usually go through laptops about every 18 months. The SP4 is a little past that now with no sign of quitting. Firmware updates come in pretty regularly and stability improved radically in the first few months. Barely a glitch worth mentioning these days.

In an interesting irony GF bought me a Targus MacBook Air case to keep it in!

BlackBerry Priv: After two weeks on test, looks like this is a keeper

"holster on the belt" 'nuff said.

Cinnamon 2.6 – a Linux desktop for Windows XP refugees

Couldn't agree more

I switched from W7 in December, absolutely love it. Workspaces, 'nuff said.

Still have a W7 VM for officey stuff, rarely used, and have to dual boot to use my crappy Canon scanner.

It stays out of my way and lets me get on with stuff. Wish the window list used small, stacked icons though I can live with it.

Asus Eee PC as 'hard to get your hands on as a Wii'

lack of shadow behind the laptop

Ah, I hadn't noticed the laptop before, and look, seems to be some sort of camera as well...

Asus: memory upgrades will not void Eee PC warranty

Acer warranty void stickers

@andy gibson

I've had this out with them before and they capitulated in the end.