Monday, April 23, 2012

                                                                 FORDS VS CHEVYS
                                                           BY NICHOLAS BONNEMA

    I am doing my essay on whether a ford is better than a chevy or a chevy is better than a ford.  On the internet some of the kids and adults on wiki answers are saying that fords all the way and some others are saying that they would rather have a chevy than a ford, but there are a few that are saying that they are the same and they would pick them both if they could and that there is no difference.  Half of the kids in my class would rather have a chevy and half would rather have a ford. 
    Fords were the first car to be made and they were the first american car that was based in Dearborn, Michigan a suburb of Detroit.  The maker of ford was Henry Ford.  The ford motor company will be partnering with Coulomb Technologies to provide nearly 5000 free service stations for powering their cars at their house or wherever they go.  The alternative fossil fuel vehicles, such as some versions of the Crown Victoria especially in fleet and taxi service, operate on compressed natural gas—or CNG.  Some CNG vehicles have dual fuel tanks – one for gasoline, the other for CNG – the same engine can operate on either fuel via a selector switch.  Ford also make buses for school and buses to travel on in the cities for example.  They also build automobiles, trucks, and tractors.
    Chevy was produced by GM (General Motors) and was founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911.  The Chevrolet division is currently recovering from the economic downturn of 2007–2010. After sales of GM vehicles plummeted and when the U.S Government bailed out the company, GM began developing more fuel efficient cars and trucks in order to compete with foreign automakers such as Toyota and Honda.
    In comparison they both make sweat cars that have good horse power they both make cars for racing for nascar.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

                                                         LAPTOPS VS IPADS
                                                        BY NICK BONNEMA
    Laptops would be better than ipads because some kids say that they are doing better in school since they got them, and that the laptops are better than ipads.  Even though ipads are smaller than laptops doesn't mean they are better at helping kids at education.  Even though ipads are smaller than laptops, laptops are  much bigger help and some kids education, but to some they think that ipads are better than laptops.  The kids that use laptops say that they help them and that the notes are a lot esier than just writing them and they take up very little space compared to all the note books and books that the teachers give you that you have to put in your locker and have to carry to your next class.  If you had a laptop you would carry only one thing which is your laptop.
    This guy did a test on which one is better and he said that the laptop was way better than the ipad because he typed the fastest of 1 minute and 42 seconds on the laptop and 3 minutes and 5 seconds on the ipad.  They say that laptops are cheaper than ipads and that they weigh less than a laptop.  A lot of the kids in our school and in my class say that they would prefer a laptop than a ipad because if you had an ipad and you wanted to type a paper out and it had to be fast you would have to buy a whole noter keyboard to be able to type notes that you have to type.  So if you really want to carry a key board with the heavy ipad and whatever else you have to carry around go ahead get a ipad but you will regret your choice when you suffer to have to carry those things around.  On some of the internet sites the college students are even saying that laptops are better than ipads because they are easier to type with.  Some of the kids in lower grades are saying that the ipads are better than laptops because you can get games on it and that you can do anything that you want on the ipad but they don't know that you can play games and take notes on the laptop and that it is less expensive and weighs less than an ipad.  So some of my friends and I would suggest to get a laptop over an ipad.
    So we would definently recomend getting a laptop because they can be chaper than a ipad and some of them can be lighter but not all of them are the lightest but they can be.