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RoverBook Steel: Russian Alternative to Mac?

noemi — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:54:37 +0000

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Maybe that’s why electronics manufacturers from the four corners of the globe are imitating – or at least trying to imitate – what Apple does with its products. One can’t really deny that Apple products look good, so it is easy to understand why others would try to follow suit. And Russian manufacturers are no exception.

If anything, one might just be amazed at the striking resemblance. Look for yourself.¹

So what did I just say? Don’t those two (somehow) look alike?

The Russian notebook is dubbed the RoverBook Steel and has an aluminum casing. It runs on Google’s Android 2.1 Eclair OS and has a RockChip RK2818 640MHz processor. Add to that 256MB of RAM and a 4GB flash storage, and it’s not a very attractive package specs-wise. (It does have Wi-Fi, though.)

The makers of the RoverBook Steel do not exaggerate about the capabilities of their notebook, though. In fact, they seem to be rather upfront about the limits of the product. The description reads:

“Quick and easy surfing on the Internet, work office applications, email, listening to your favorite music, view the latest masterpiece of world cinema – this is not an exhaustive list that will let you do your new e-friend…

If you do not want to keep up with modern trends and you want a convenient, fast and reliable notebook then RoverBook Steel – it’s your choice!”

So yeah, if you just want something that remotely looks like the Macbook Pro and you don’t want to keep up with the changing times, consider this alternative. Then again, that could just be Google Translate messing things up! If you know anyone in Russia and you want the Steel, prepare a little under $300 (plus whatever taxes you might have to pay).

Source: Laptop Computer Planet

A solution to rising gas prices

Laptop Guru — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:17:18 +0000

With fuel prices rising globally, it’s becoming harder and harder to just ignore how painful it is becoming to our pockets everytime we gas up. Fortunately, there are still a lot of people out there who see the humor in the situation. Just like the genius who thought up of this solution to saving gas…

Walking On Water

Laptop Guru — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:05:13 +0000

This experiment is something that totally needs to be done in a High School science class. Walking on water.

Well not exactly water, but liquid.

From their YouTube.com video description:

They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a non-Newtonian fluid. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.

All I need is a mixer truck and millions of pounds of corn starch. Anyone up for a science project with me?

Bubble wrap

Laptop Guru — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:02:41 +0000

Bubble wrap was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957 and I’m sure this holiday season you received a few peaces of bubble wrap used as padding for Christmas gifts.

We all love bubble wrap. Why? Because it makes fun sounds when you pop it of course, so in keeping with the theme of bubble wrap and fun popping sounds, I bring you this glorious 4 minute video of a guy demonstrating 13 exciting techniques to pop bubble wrap.

A few of my favorites are “Bubble Mummy Masochism”, “POParty Trick” and “Pop your feelings Luke” which is a Star Wars tribute.

After watching the video, be sure to let me know your favorite popping methods in the comments and if you have some that weren’t represented in the video, share those too.

Yay bubble wrap!

Commercial Love

Laptop Guru — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:30:45 +0000

Thanks to the makers of the latest commercial for Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, I bring you one of the funniest sounds that I’ve heard in a very long time which comes about 15 seconds into it:

Did you catch it? FOOM! Muhahahaha!!!

Do You Speak Body Language?

Laptop Guru — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:34:49 +0000

Have you ever wondered the root of some of our motions? Can you recognize the motion of insanity, or if your genitals are unavailable?

Silent interpretation at its best.

The video was made by MitchellRose.com with BodyVox dance company.

Just watch it already. Its funny.

Quench your thirst for knowledge

Laptop Guru — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:12:37 +0000

At Google our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it useful and accessible to our users. But any piece of information’s usefulness derives, to a depressing degree, from the cognitive ability of the user who’s using it. That’s why we’re pleased to announce Google Gulp (BETA)™ with Auto-Drink™ (LIMITED RELEASE), a line of “smart drinks” designed to maximize your surfing efficiency by making you more intelligent, and less thirsty.

Think fruity. Think refreshing.
Think a DNA scanner embedded in the lip of your bottle reading all 3 gigabytes of your base pair genetic data in a fraction of a second, fine-tuning your individual hormonal cocktail in real time using our patented Auto-Drink™ technology, and slamming a truckload of electrolytic neurotransmitter smart-drug stimulants past the blood-brain barrier to achieve maximum optimization of your soon-to-be-grateful cerebral cortex. Plus, it’s low in carbs! And with flavors ranging from Beta Carroty to Glutamate Grape, you’ll never run out of ways to quench your thirst for knowledge.

Find out more…

20 Actual Star Wars lines you might hear in a porno

Laptop Guru — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:28:50 +0000

Luke, at that speed do you think you’ll be able to pull out in time?
Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you?
You came in that thing? You’re braver than I thought.
Get in there you big furry oaf, I don’t care what you smell!
She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts, kid
Negative! It didn’t go in. It just impacted on the surface
“Back door, huh? Good idea.”
Pull out Wedge, you can’t do any more good back there!
There’s an awful lot of moisture in here.
“Look at the size of that thing”
Almost there… just a couple of seconds…
Let’s blow this thing so we can go home!
You’ve got something jammed in here real good.
“Get on top of it!” “I’m trying!”
“I thought they smelled bad on the outside.”
Hey, Luke, thanks for coming after me — now I owe you one.
“This may smell bad, kid, but it’ll keep you warm.”
“Hey! Point that thing someplace else!”
I look forward to completing your training. In time you will call me ‘Master’
“I want you to take her. I mean it! Take her!”

Attention Unemployed Geeks

Laptop Guru — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:13:30 +0000

This job advertisement could be exactly what you’ve been looking for:

G-Five KTNO2 provides less wind resistance. Huh.

Ade Magnaye — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:59:17 +0000

I never knew wind resistance wasd a big factor in netbook design, but I guess when you’re travelling and you keep your netbook in front of you, the less wind resistance you get the better.

Um. Anyway, that is a main selling point of he G-Five KTNO2. I don’t know if they’re serious with that, but since the specs are the same as any other netbook (1.6GHz Intel Atom, 1GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, 10.2” 1024 x 600 LCD, 2xUSB, VGA, 3G SIM slot, card reader, RJ45, Bluetooth, 1.3Mp camera), I guess anything goes in the fight to make your netbook stand out.