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Month: March 2011

15 Years of Digital (Night) Photography

15 Years of Digital (Night) Photography

In 1995 I purchased an Apple Quicktake 100, one of the first consumer market digital cameras. It could store just 8 photos at 640×480 resolution (0.3 megapixels) on an internal 1MB EPROM. It had no LCD preview, no focus, and no zoom controls. Images were transferred via serial cable. What more would you want for $750? At 320×240 resolution, uhhh.. 0.08 megapixels, the device could store 32 photos. Competitive with a roll of film! Sadly, I took quite a few…

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AOD255e upgrade

AOD255e upgrade

AOD255e The new Acer Aspire One AOD255E features intel’s new dual-core Atom n570. The n570 is the first n-series Atom chip to include hardware virtualization (or VT-x) extensions. Add dual cores with hyperthreading, and the system has the potential to perform more like a higher end notebook. Not bad for $329, but the system ships with only 1GB of RAM and a 250GB mechanical HD. SSD and RAM Upgrade To bring these components up to par with the processor, increase…

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