I often look at one of my Vista PC’s chugging away and think I know what its doing I just don’t know why its doing it.

So hopefully this video based round table discussion with Mark and others on the topic of Windows Vista Performance can educate me.

Link: https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard/

The guys over at Notebook review have a Dell Inspiron 9 in for review with lots of pictures and commentary.

Something these guys do in their reviews is measure the heat temperature of laptops. They report that the Inspiron mini runs hot so the heat maps are really useful.

Overall the review is positive and worth a read for those interested in the mini.

Also on the link is a 4 minute video review

Link: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4578

They come off slightly worse.

Baiting Mac users isn’t the smartest approach.

This video is a good starter for anyone considering one of the new breed of mini laptops.

The video covers models from Acer, HP, Asus and MSI.

I was initially getting interested in these small form factor sub notebooks but the screen resolution is too much of a compromise for me.

I am waiting for Dell to release their 12 inch Dell Latitude e4200.

Someone asked me the other day what I thought about Google’s new Chrome web browser and I replied I has just rebuilt my computer and installing software is how it got all crudded up in the first place.

However curiosity got the better of me so I installed it on my non work machine.

When it comes to Internet browsers I use Internet Explorer as my main browser and have Firefox installed with the Google tool bar so I can quickly check web site Google PR ratings, in all honesty I actually dislike both browsers.

So what do I think of Google Chrome?

Easily and by far a better and more fluid user experience. It feels evolved and well thought out.

I need to play with it a little more but my instinct tells me I’m going to be a Google Chrome user very shortly. I don’t care its still in beta.

A good intro into Google Chrome is this 10 features video.

Link: http://www.google.com/chrome/index.html