Lenovo ThinkPad X130E Released

Source: Lenovo

Lenovo is now allowing online orders of their new student-friendly ThinkPad. Their price is starting at $429. (I don't know why they say they're "from $938." That's some bullshit.)

After the jump, my thoughts on the changes Lenovo have made to the new X130E as compared to the older version.

Software Spotlight: Symlink Creator (Windows)

Earlier this year, I came across the good fortune of being  gifted a solid state drive. These drives are great, but come with one major caveat: Capacity. As my benefactor didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars, he got me a 64GB SSD. It's plenty to run Windows and a few key programs off of, but becomes rather inadequate when every piece of software tries to load itself off the C: drive.

That's where Symlink Creator comes in.

Innovation

Source: http://thedoghousediaries.com/3345

I have seen many a post from [insert technology here] fanboys who say [company x] isn't innovative because they just took something [company y] did before, and combined it with [existing technology]. News flash, everyone. There's nothing new under the sun. Everything is, at some point, a combination of things which previously existed.

As DOGHOUSEDIARIES puts above in a clever way, one of the most frequently cited examples of "lack of innovation" is Apple. "Well, they didn't invent anything new!" No, they combined previously existing technologies into a cohesive whole which had not been done before. That's innovation. Now, Siri is probably a bad example of innovation from Apple, since it was actually a product of another company's innovation, which Apple bought. But I digress.

The point is: Yes, combining things which already existed into a whole which hadn't been done before is innovation. (No, Apple's notification tray isn't innovative. Screw you, Apple.)

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I finally got myself a smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus! I spend some time in the video above talking about the merits of the phone. A full review after the break.