Once upon a time, I used to buy a new laptop every six to nine months. Intel had made a new, faster chip and Lenovo had made a new, faster machine.<\/p>\n
No more.<\/p>\n
I bought a ThinkPad X230 in 2012. Since then, Lenovo has introduced the X240 and the X250. The newest X250 has a “fifth generation” i7 Intel processor, which is no faster nor better than the “third generation” I have in my X230. If you don’t believe me, go to Intel’s incomprehensible web site and see if you can find any meaningful difference.<\/p>\n
Much worse, I bought my X230 with 16 gigabytes of RAM memory. The new X240 and X250 machines come with only 8 gigabytes of RAM memory. Less memory means less speed and less ability to handle multiple software programs. I called six of my best Lenovo contacts this morning for an explanation. All my calls went into voice mail. No one cares enough to answer their phone.<\/p>\n
Their sales department told me that 8 gigs was the way it was. (They didn’t know why.) And I should suck it up. Meantime, all<\/strong> the customer reviews on Lenovo own website complain about the miserly 8 gigs of RAM.<\/p>\n In desperation, I bought a second hand X230 on eBay. Works fine.<\/p>\n Two financials look better. <\/strong>I was right about buying NLY at $10.50. It’s now $10.875 and still yielding 11%. LADR is $18.93 and yielding 5.4%. It will inch up as it lifts its dividend, which it will.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This looks fun:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n According to today’s TechCrunch<\/em>, “iOS Game Mr Jump Leaps To 5M Downloads After Four Days On The App Store.<\/em>“<\/p>\n Now you know why your kids should learn computer science and maybe a little software proramming.<\/p>\n For more, click here.<\/strong><\/a>![\"mrjump-animation-1\"](\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mrjump-animation-1.gif\")
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\nHarry Newton who has been desperately trying to play as well as Novak Djokovic or even Roger Federer — with zero success.<\/p>\n