Bit-tech on the BBC
Posted on 11th Dec 2009 at 11:05 by Clive Webster with 13 comments
The other night I popped over to the BBC’s Television Centre to record a discussion about how the PC is being seen less and less as a general-purpose machine and how people are buying computers for certain specific uses. The obvious example is the netbook – a basic computer that’s only good for a limited range of uses. The host and I listened to a guy from Dell explain what he thinks is happening to the demand from computer buyers, and what Dell is doing to address that.
The chat will be part of the Up All Night show on Radio 5 Live this Saturday. As the title suggests, the show is on fairly late in the night – between 1am and 5am – but you can always tune in later via the catchup site or BBC’s brilliant iPlayer if you’re in the UK. Either way, listen in and let us know what you think of what was said in the comments thread below.
The chat will be part of the Up All Night show on Radio 5 Live this Saturday. As the title suggests, the show is on fairly late in the night – between 1am and 5am – but you can always tune in later via the catchup site or BBC’s brilliant iPlayer if you’re in the UK. Either way, listen in and let us know what you think of what was said in the comments thread below.
13 Comments
Discuss in the forums ReplyReally? Guess the netbooks I've owned must have been special as they had no problems with flash.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pbmmq/Up_All_Night_13_12_2009/
Near the end, around 3hrs 35mins
Bit of a shame that the interview with the guy from Dell took up so much of the segment, without actually saying anything.
It was nice to hear Clive giving Dell a bit of a slap for the muddy marketing of their product range.
I know that configuring your own machine on Dell's website isn't really of interest to CPC and Bit-tech readers, but I know someone who tried to do just that, got fed up, and eventually went into Curry's and bought a laptop of the shelf.
Because Dell chose this processor to power their "Netbooks"
The Atom processor copes fine with pain old youtube stuff but fails miserably with anything higher definition like vimeo or other stuff. It's a constant source of frustration for me!
Thanks for the link and the time index Spreadie!
NP.
It was good to listen to, although you've some way to go before you can be a BBC whore of Alex's magnitude. :D
*runs away, wondering if Alex will delete his account
I would do, but I've got to go on the BBC this evening....
(I'm not even joking.......!)
:)
Gonna tell us why?
Gizza link.