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Looks like Samsung is thinking bigger by getting smaller. Makes sense, considering it's a Korean company, and Asian consumers tend to have a lot less desk space available to them, but this focus on less clutter certainly can't be bad for buyers elsewhere either. With additions like Wi-Fi network connectivity and connections to get rid of networking cords, and a footprint of only 38.4 cm wide, the CLP-310 laser printer series boasts a color laser printer that can fit easily in any workstation.

This article paints a very pretty picture of it, but I found one note interesting. There's a toner-saver mode that will "automatically adjust the toner output, yet not compromise on print quality." Maybe I'm nit-picking, but if it really doesn't compromise on print quality, then shouldn't that mode be on all the time?

Regardless, the move towards more affordable and smaller laser printers definitely seems to tipping the scales for home users.

Disclosure: Amy Sage is employed by MyInkPro.com.

Hey kids,

Does anyone still have their original copy of PCWorld's MultiMedia World vol.1 no.1?

I do!AND it still has the fall 1993 test drive cd-rom in pristine condition as well.B-)

So here's something you can’t do with inkjet ink!

With solid ink, Xerox has taken a step away from messy cartridges toward a product that’s not only easier to handle, but less likely to dry up over time.

Is it all it’s cracked up to be, though? According to the Xerox site, solid ink is “clean, green, easy and affordable.” Clean because – well -- you can see how clean it is on hands and there’s no cartridge to leak. Green because it creates no cartridge waste and is simpler to create and package. Easy because it simply drops into the printer, “as easy as loading a stapler.” And affordable, as it’s less likely to dry up and the cost-per-print, according to the official site, puts it close to laser toner.

There are a few drawbacks, however, noted around the web. The Wikipedia article on solid ink notes issues with melted wax odor, high energy usage due to heating elements having to stay on to melt the ink, and the danger of damaging the printer by moving it before it’s completed its cool-down process.

I’d love from people who have used it, since it does look fairly revolutionary. Is it worth it?

Disclosure: Amy Sage is employed by MyInkPro.com.

If you read my previous post "Ultra Compact Laptop Wars", you already know that I like that concept so much, although I am waiting for its maturity. Techie4fun asked about the uses of a UCL know the limitations of their capacities. Well... other than high level graphics gaming, I think that everything can be done with one of these.

The Operating System included in the models that are coming to the market is always Linux. Someone can argue that the Asus EEE 900 comes vith Windows, but it is not a pure UCL. So it looks more like a low-end regular laptop. Microsoft knows perfectly this situation and have recovered the project Eiger, which is a limited version of Windos XP SP2, initially oriented to older servers. It can be used know for this new concept of computers.

As I am pretty convinced of the success of the UCL concept, I can only think that either Microsoft finds (after a long long time) tough competition in the desktop market, or Windows XP Revisited will be the next succesful version of a Microsoft OS.

The next question could be: Where will Microsoft substract resources for providing the Light XP version? From Vista maintenance? From Windows 7 development? This world is amazing...

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As every computer user, I have technical problems just like everyone else. I have an HP notebook and an HP printer. I would just like to say that HP really has technical support figured out. Online tech support chat is genius. Everyone should do it. I know that most companies (HP included) have the stupid automated call-in system. I have run into major problems while calling companies such as Microsoft because the computer system is slow and the tech support people (once you get to them) are not helpful. So good job HP having useful techs available for online chat!

Now, after the fight between the two party, there is still out there in the so call distant future , all ours today problem's with a big influx of new high school player "children's" who might not go to college because of the high cost of everything's that have gotten this way in the last four years. But the mixed results is that the business leader of today world should know that a so call Generation Z will be in the market while us "the baby broom" which is me and many more on the planet call earth, will in the next decade will be noticeable, I'm still a little behind, make a milestone in their life, because they were born while the internet was born, crenate, or the formation of computerization on our world, will try their best to get higher on the totem pole's in the tehnological world. With all the IM, skype phones etc. will become a big problem when you try to put a line between the security and privacy of all the people. This group of people already have a higher expectation of what is everyday life suppose be, if you don't belive me ask my 34 year. Now in the near future when the flow of information is in the censorship hand would find that it would not flow freely in the new world. But for more insight on this many established companies will be offering all emloyess and freelancer the kind of protect those precious assets of the computer world. The act of consumerization in the PC rise of power on the employees and consumer is and soon be at a lower cost to the one's after the generation Z.

I love the Ultra Compact Laptop concept... but I am not gettin one (already).

I love their weight, I love their simplicity (meaning of reduced functionality when you try a positive approach).

I love that they have become the natural (and long time wanted) niche for desktop Linux.

I love that the idea came from a project (OLPC) to help people, which demostrates (again) that helping other moves the world.

But... if they provide almost the same than the OLPC, Why should I purchase one of the existing UCL (Asus Eee PC, HP Mini Note, ) instead of waiting a liitle more and paying a little less for a OLPC. Yes, yes... I am gessing that they will be available for anyone, and probably they will not be in the beginning. But... Can anybody think that the manufacturers will reject to increase their sales? I never knew a salesman like that!

In any case... Who will be the winner in this "UCL Wars"? Well, I don't know (of course). But if you want me to guess, I should say Apple. I will not believe if Steve Jobs can let the opportunity fly. Can you think a UCL made by Apple? MacBook Air Light, MacNotepad... Ok, Apple guys, call it the way you want, but YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT. We need you to make it.