Posts by Mike Dyne

Nintendo preparing DS Lite update, pundit claims

@brimful

Wishful thinking there mate. Although I would love that too!

World wants small, cheap PCs, say makers of small, cheap PCs

Of course we do

Why on earth would we want large, cumbersome computers to do little more than web browsing and word processing?

I don't have a lot of space where I live, and with more people living in shared accomodation, having a full on desktop is not viable. I love my little Freevents PC. It's solid and does everything I need.

Having played with a friends Eee, I think they are marvellous for commuters and for educational environments. Small, cheap, easy to use, and with the bonus of having Linux!

O2 PR calls Reg readers 'techie nerds'

ooO2ps

Oh dear O2. How are you going to explain this one away?

Microsoft spits out final XP service pack, beta version

Why upgrade?

Simple - Solitaire is prettier and you can have a DX10 "My Pictures" screensaver AND Minesweeper has sound effects! YEAH!

Vista

I have been forced in to using Vista. I must say that after an IMMENSE amount of tinkering and fiddling and general poking, I can't really complain. Does what I want it to do. Stable it is, runs the half dozen or so apps I use and works fine on my wireless network.

Mind, couldn't get it to talk to my 360. Ho hum!