Lenovo U350

Having once spent a better part of the year to research this issue, I can now tell with utmost confidence. The very short answer would be that I do not know. The laptop market has a very vivid life to it and all you can tell for certain is, that you do not know. Do a bit of research and remember that the glove has to fit the wearer. Basically, there are three measuring sticks one normally uses when bying products: price, availability, quality

In laptops however, the yardsticks that they are made by are: weight and size, price and performance

Which are somewhat different from the yardsticks the consumer uses

1. Recommendations by friends or trusty experts or stores
2. Colour of the laptop, as well as the overall esthetic appeal
3. Price, sticker price or monthly, for however many months

And what one should look is

1. Pennies per day, how much does a day of this thrill cost. The laptop will be old after six months and obsolete after 18 months. It will last 36 months with 75% chance, but it will not be any fun.
2. Fitting the role, is this really what you want. Have you really seen it? Fiddled the keys? As everyone who ever bought a car knows, this is an important factor and you cannot read it in the brochures.
3. Headache factor, how well it does its job, without breaking down. How easy it is to get fixed, when something happens.

Just to make it even more interesting, I can guarantee that there is no way for a consumer to get what they want to have, need for their use or the exact perfect fit for their purpose.

Today marks the day when technology came to life. When the masses used technology intuitively.  When Ubique art installation saw the light of day. I cannot put to words the excitement I felt, when walking in the exhibition. Going in through a dark path, lit by surrounding tall plastic grass, that made sounds. It reacted to me. I walked in (and out and in and out), absolutely amazed, laughing and properly chirping away. I have been in many, many art exhibitions and nothing, absolutely nothing like this has ever caught me before.

I am not going to tell you what it feels like to go through an exhibition, wondering the pure genious of the artist in so many ways. The way they grabbed the social media, the coding, the internet, the lights and sounds, the sights and displays. How they use and involve you, the visitor, to create a lot of the art. I am just going to ask, have you ever driven a car and positively loved the engineer, realizing that you are just starting to understand the genius behind the creation? Imagine when you can see the code that makes the Matrix, yet still see a beautiful woman? Laying on your back in the grass, staring at the clouds in the sky as they begin change, to resemble, well, you.

I took a few pictures before I was told off as apparently it was not allowed. Come to think of it, taking pictures from this art makes no sense, there is no way to catch it in a frame. They remain in my (private) photo-album, to remind me of this day for days to come. For ten years, ever since this one trip to Amsterdam, I have been trying to find a better way to spend €3,50. Now I am on the prowl for a better way to spend £5,00

Digital design sensations, definetely