The start of a new adventure

After years (yes, years) of lusting after Dialogue’s Flybook “ultra-portable” tablet PCs, I have finally bit the bullet and ordered one. On Friday, September 28th, I ordered the Flybook V5 from Patrick at FlybookUS.com. The process of selecting who to order from was long and tedious, but suffice it to say responsiveness, customer service, and Patrick’s [...]

All the information I can find

Being a computer nerd IT professional, of course I did a lot of research. I’ve filtered the list to the information on the Flybook V5 I found especially useful:
Information
Flybook.biz: Information from the horse’s mouth (note it refers to the “old build”) (update 2008-04-08: link broken; removed)
Dialogue.com: Info from Dialogue’s website (includes a gallery of photos). The ”360 Experience” [...]

What’s this “New Build” vs “Old Build” stuff?

The Flybook V5 that I am referring to as the “old build” is what everyone currently has. It is the U2400 1.06GHz processor and comes (typically) with a 60GB hard disk. The “new build” (which is just now starting to ship from Taiwan) is the U2500 1.2Ghz processor and comes standard with an 80GB hard disk. The [...]

Why do I want a Flybook V5?

I’m a self-employed computer nerd IT consultant. One of my clients has me providing support to 400 users of a web-based application. So… while being self-employed allows me a lot of flexibility, you can see the tether right? To provide the best support, I need access to the web! To date, that has somewhat limited [...]