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Jul9
It’s not much, in fact, these screenshots are incredibly easy to fake. Still, a hastily constructed WordPress blog has been setup to host what are claimed to be the world’s first screenshots of Google’s new Chrome OS — hailed as both a Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X killer or a Google FUD generator depending upon who you’re listening to. As the story is told, a Google representative demonstrated a private beta build of the OS to an anonymous Acer parts supplier yesterday, presumably somewhere in Taiwan. The picture above was grabbed breathlessly while the Google rep was distracted. Highlights of the demonstration break down as follows:
* The “elegant” install on the Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop took about 10 minutes and 1 restart
* Reboots desktop-to-desktop in about 25 seconds
* It was “amazingly fast” in its stripped-down beta form
* The blue orb on the auto-hiding “Chrome Bar” along the bottom of the UI is essentially the start menu
* Navigating the file system can be done in “exploration” (like Windows explorer) or “browser” (search based) modes
* The Chrome Bar can also host a search bar if configured
* Future Chrome OS netbooks will feature an iconified Chrome key on the keyboard similar to the Windows flag keyOf course, it’s a long, long time before this OS appears on next generation ARM and x86 smartnetbooks — second half of 2010 according to the Goog — so who knows what the interface will look like by then. One more image after the break.
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Nov10
Q: What is the maximum number of duplicator towers you can daisy chain together? With daisy-chainable towers, can you have the second, third, etc., towers all slave units then (with no hard drive)? Or, can only certain units be chained together?
A: The term daisy chain refers to the serial connection that connects towers to one another: Tower One is connected to Tower Two, which is connected to Tower Three, and so on. The benefit is you can duplicate a large number of discs from a single master – even if you linked together 100 towers.
For information on daisy chaining duplication towers, I turned to Amber Yu at ILY Enterprise Inc. ILY is a pioneer in advanced duplication systems.
According to Amber, you can theoretically link an unlimited number of towers together. In practical application, however, you are limited by electrical power (which decreases with each subsequent tower that is added to the chain). “The most we’ve tested in our facility is 20 units,” she said, “and we’ve had several customers who have purchased 10 or more at one time.”
You’ll want to look for duplicator towers that specifically say they are daisy chainable in the product description. For ILY, that’s the Spartan Pro Plus series of towers. Linking two towers of with different brands of drives (for example one Pioneer and one NEC) is not recommended. The towers’ burn specifications may not be compatible with one another.
Use the daisy chain cord that is provided with your unit or recommended by the manufacturer. Longer cables may slow-down your transfer rate and could damage your tower.
Dean Engel answers real questions from Polyline cusomters regarding disc publishing equipment, discs and media packaging. Dean’s blog (http://askdeanslist.blogspot.com) also appears as an occasional feature in polyNEWSline, Polyline’s monthly newsletter. A trusted name in media packaging for more than 35 years, Polyline is the largest U.S. distributor of in-stock media packaging for CD’s, DVD’s, Blu-ray, VHS and audio. In addition to a large selection of media packaging options, Polyline offers a large variety of brand-name recording media, including bulk CD’s, Blu-ray discs and DVD’s
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