Are you in the market for a new computer? What are you looking for with your new machine? Going to buy a powerhouse desktop? A nice laptop with all the features you want? Or maybe a new netbook with super portable features and functionality.

Once you’ve decided what type of machine you’re going to get. How do you decide which one you’re going to buy? What’s more important to you?
I frequently get asked for advice on purchasing computers. Many times because I almost exclusively use a laptop these days, it’s individuals asking me about what laptop to purchase. Very …read more

Plenty of news over the past few days about Microsoft’s purchase of aQuantive and whether or not that impacts their willingness to continue pursuing Yahoo or other possible opportunities for them to get involved with in the future.
My question though is whether or not aQuantive was the right purchase. Granted, I no MBA or business major in general, but I’ve got to think there was probably some other, more rewarding options to purchase in the market than to plop down $6 billion for aQuantive.
I’ve read (and I can’t remember where now) that the purchase should be looked at as more …read more