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On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Great for you. However, if you got a laptop for non-work use |
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> (personal, communications, mobile DVD viewing, &c) would you rather |
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> get the massive 9 pound thing you use at work, or a nice small 14" |
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> portable? |
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Even this is a tough decision for me...I do occasionally like to watch |
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DVDs on my laptop, even when I am at home, because at arms length my |
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screen takes up more of my visual field than my 65" TV across the |
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room! There is just something about that that makes me smile... |
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Probably the same smile you get after you panic because you think you |
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forgot your laptop, and then realize it is on your shoulder... |
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> Before I forget: I lied. I doublechecked the #s and my X40 is really |
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> 2.7 lbs. Srry... won't let it happen again ; ) |
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Thank goodness for competition and market analysis....we both get |
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laptops that we are really happy with, and that work well for us! |
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Anyway my advice to people is to figure out what your needs are and |
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buy the best laptop you can afford that comes as close to those needs |
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as possible. Bigger is not always better. Neither is smaller. |
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-Richard |
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