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Tommy Norman's Blog
Author: TommyNorman Created: 8/16/2006 7:56 PM
Mindless rantings and the occassional nugget of wisdom.

Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC Review
By TommyNorman on 10/29/2006 8:43 PM

The previous post was an accident and the current blog settings do not allow me to edit or delete previous entries, so here is the correct post:

We recently purchased the Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC at work for presentations. Our decision for this model was driven by the need for a beefy notebook that also had a tablet pc digitized screen. While a bit bulky for a Tablet PC, the M400 has above average power with a 1.83 GHz Intel Duo Core processor. We were going to bump the RAM from the standard 1 GB (for the M400-S4032 model) to 2 GB but the 1 GB is two 512 chips and purchasing only ordered one extra 1 GB chip so we settled for 1.5. This model also comes with a 100 GB hard drive which is ample room but only comes in 5400 RPMs. All together it is very powerful for a Tablet PC.

With our company image and the Toshiba OEM software we booted with an initial 450+ MB of a memory footprint. I immediately uninstalled as much as I could to get down to 325 which is abo ...

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devLink: My wife still totally ROCKS!!
By TommyNorman on 10/15/2006 6:02 PM
In my last post I thanked all the devLink staff but I did forget to thank a very important person: my wife. The day before the conference I had a ton to get done and did not get most of it completed before I had to attend the VIP dinner. I asked my wife if she would bind a few conference guides while I was at the party so I would not have a ton to do when I got back later that evening. Not only did my wife bind some books, she bound ALL of the remaining ones (about 200). She then loaded all of the food and drinks into the van (which was packed floor to ceiling) and ironed my devLink shirt. All of this while I was schmoozing with the sponsors and speakers at the VIP party. When I came home I was able to fall right into bed in order to get up before 4 AM the next morning. I have to say that without her, you guys would have found me passed out on the couch at the Compuware booth by lunch. My wife ROCKS!

devLink 2006
By TommyNorman on 10/15/2006 5:48 PM

After a fairly grueling 18 hour day, devLink 2006 is in the archives. The unofficial turnout was a little shy of 400, which blew away our original 250 goal. Everyone I talked to throughout the day (attendees, speakers, and sponsors) seemed very pleased and we got through with only a few minor issues. Next year is only going to get bigger and better. I personally had a blast although I was a zombie by the end of the day. Next time you guys see John Kellar, make sure to thank him since he was one of the primary forces getting this going. There are several other event staff that really busted their tails to make this thing happen: John Baker, Joe Chafatelli, and Amy Boegh. Several volunteers helped out the day of the event, some who just offered to help when they registered! We will get the list of these names and post them to the devLink site to make sure they get their due. Thank everyone who attended and if you did not get a chance to give your feedback in the conference surveys, please post your com ...

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