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Computeractive
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Average sales, Jan-Dec 2021 68,
copies per issue.Issue 630 • 27 April – 10 May 20227,364Mbps
Read speed of our new
favourite solid-state drive – p2,
Number of
tracking attempts
DuckDuckGo has
blocked on Robert
Irvine’s phone – p£26.
New amount
internet providers
must pay you
for missed
appointments – pOne of the best ever marketing slogans was
Apple’s ‘1,000 songs in your pocket’,
which impeccably captured the iPod’s
appeal (read this essay on its marketing
brilliance: http://www.snipca.com/41578).
It comes to mind every time someone
asks me why a device as supposedly
outdated as the USB stick continues to
thrive. You may not be able to (or want to)
install 1,000 programs on your stick, but
you can certainly get enough on there to
create a computer in your pocket.
And I don’t just mean carrying Windowsaround with you. Our Cover Feature also
explains how to run Linux and Chrome OS
from your stick, as well as the best software
to build PC-repair kits and entertainment
hubs. Until you can fold up laptops like
handkerchiefs (HankieBooks?) and slip
them into your pocket, I think USB sticks
will remain stubbornly popular.
Daniel Booth
[email protected]- PS We’ve just got a new batch of Windows
11 Pro to sell at a huge discount – see page 54
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