Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:49:50 -0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? Message-ID: <20000324134950.S1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003241111580.45830-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>; from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 11:14:16AM -1000 References: <200003242111.NAA01676@mass.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003241111580.45830-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
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On Friday, 24 March 2000 at 11:14:16 -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > >>>> After all, if you didn't bring your laptop with you because it was >>>> to heavy, what difference will screen size make for you ? >>> >>> *grin* >> >> Why bother bringing your laptop if the screen is too small to do real >> work on? > > Very true indeed. I don't know, I guess I want access to > everything when I am not at home. > >> I don't seem to have any problems lugging an i7500 around, and I swear >> that it's _nice_ having something that feels close to desktop screen size >> to work on. Not to mention the screen envy that all those Techno-Bill >> wannabes feel... 8) > > The i7500 isn't really that heavy. It's the carry cases that are > what makes the notebook heavier than it really is. My 770Z is less than 7 > pounds but the ThinkPad case is another 6 pounds. Even though the 770Z I > have is only 13.7" but the screen does 1280x1024 and works great for DVD's > when I need a break from all that work. =) About ten years ago I bought a briefcase which was big enough to take my laptop (Toshiba 3100SX, with a 386SX16 (no cache), 7 MB memory and 80 MB disk, weighing 17 lbs) and some documents. Since then I've changed my laptop several times, and they all seem to rattle in the space the Toshiba left. I've just checked out an Inspiron 7500, and it would fit sideways in the space. The couple of lbs difference in total weight hardly make any difference, but I think it's a remarkably ugly laptop. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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