Comments on: jkOnTheRun Vaporware of the Year 2006- the DualCor cPC

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:28:07 +0000

So what’s up with cPC now? LoL

By: jfl

jfl — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:45:01 +0000

Just to give Ciccone (http://davidciccone.com/2006/12/10/dualcor-assumptions) the benefit of the doubt, I reread this article to see if anything you said seemed unwarranted or unfair. If you took a stab as Dave accuses you of doing, you took a stab at Howe, who deserved every slash he got. I had been dying for someone to state the obvious on DualCor as you finally did, and what do you know, over a month later we still know nothing more, and CES will pass next month and still nothing I’m sure. To Ciccone’s credit he got off the train before it wrecked too, and I understand him feeling the need to stand up for what are likely a brilliant and dedicated set of engineers trying to make XP and WM play nicely together in a challenging form factor. But I don’t think you intended to satirize their efforts, and like me (and Ciconne) are dying for them to figure it out and get the device to market. The efforts of those who have been leading DualCor and representing them in market were begging to be satirized, however. Thank you for having the courage to do it because I know you thought long and hard before you posted this. It needed to be done period, potential hurt feelings or not.

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:02:53 +0000

Nominate the cPC in Wired's vaporware of the year poll http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/2006_vaporware_.html

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:02:53 +0000

Nominate the cPC in Wired's
vaporware of the year poll http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/2006_vaporware_.html

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:02:53 +0000

Nominate the cPC in Wired's
vaporware of the year poll http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/2006_vaporware_.html

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:02:53 +0000

Nominate the cPC in Wired's
vaporware of the year poll http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/2006_vaporware_.html

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:02:53 +0000

Nominate the cPC in Wired's
vaporware of the year poll http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/2006_vaporware_.html

By: Michael Aaron

Michael Aaron — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:35:20 +0000

I second the “thank you for agreeing with me” comment. I have aired my frustration on several blogs and each time have been criticized for doing so. It’s good to have someone of your respectability in “our” court.

By: ArchiMark

ArchiMark — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:56:50 +0000

Great article…

I suggest that you give it the ‘FlipStart (or is it FlipFlop???…) Vaporware Award’ !

Just a thought….

;-)

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:52:02 +0000

Thank you jk, thank you!

I’m glad someone else agreed with me. The part where I was totally lost and became anti dualcor was when:

1. They took out the main features of a mobile device (WiFi, BT, Cellular)
2. Raised the price
3. Extended the shipping date

Not to mention, these three events took place DAYS from each other. As a consumer, I want nothing to do with a company that does something like that.

The only buzz the dualcor is getting is BAD buzz.