Dell Cancels Colorful New Notebooks

You may remember I reported on how Dell would be offering some colorful new notebooks to its lineup in an effort to capture some of the home PC market. Well, it seems that the “clumsy” company is now scrapping the idea, even after orders have come in to the company. Dell is telling customers that it is having problems with making notebooks in those exotic colors. The Dell company blog says, “Right now, Tuxedo Black is the only color that is consistently meeting our quality standards.” So forget the sunshine yellow, the flamingo pink, or the ruby red, alpine white, … Continue reading

Dell Creates Colorful New Notebooks

On Tuesday, at a special event held in New York, Dell unveiled two new notebook computers. The event, held at Macy’s in Herald Square are creating quite a buzz because of their colorful look. The new notebooks are available in colors such as sunshine yellow, flamingo pink, ruby red, alpine white, midnight blue, jet black and espresso. The new notebooks feature a lightweight design and “advanced” features. What those features are, though, aren’t completely clear. One thing that is clear is that this is a significant move for Dell. Normally, Dell’s home computers are off-shoots of their business computers. While … Continue reading

Fancy Folders

If your kids are artistic then you probably have lots of little masterpieces around the house. They may even begin finding their way to the kitchen table, the coffee table, the floor, or even the bathroom! My kids draw and color all the time and their artwork is beginning to make the house look like a studio exploded. I’ve tried giving them sketchpads and spiral notebooks instead of loose paper, but they always want to rip the pages out to give their masterpieces to different family members, to send to Grandma, to hang on the fridge, or just for the … Continue reading