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On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> You have no idea what portable is. One month on a 3.7lb. 12.1 inch |
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> X40 and you'll never go back - even if you wanted to! |
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Well, everybody has different needs/tastes. Frankly, I wouldn't even |
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want to _touch_ something with a 12.1in screen. ;-> |
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Portability is not my primary concern. Nor is battery life. Reading |
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and responding to email on the road is not something I need to do |
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frequently, or when I do, I can wait until I get to the hotel or the |
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conference room. I have never even had a desire to pull out a laptop |
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on a plane...heck, I don't even bother with an ipod or pda usually. |
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My big issue is screen resolution; I need a very high resolution |
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screen for viewing technical schematics with good scope and readable |
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fonts. I was working with a visitor recently who constantly had me |
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print out schematics because he could not read them on his laptop or |
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the available desktop without zooming in so far that he couldn't see |
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the overall diagram. On my 17" screen at 1920x1200 though, neither of |
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us had any problems with the display. |
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The _minimum_ I can work with is about 1400x1050 (1680x1050 in a wide format). |
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> Just a word of the wise from many experienced laptop users: |
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Does using a laptop for 12-14 hours/day every day for the last 3 years |
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count as 'experienced'? ;-> Including international travel? |
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> world's strongest man would still have to admit that 13 pounds isn't a |
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> good idea. |
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No argument there...9lb + case + power supply is more than most people |
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would want or need to deal with. But there is no sub-5lb laptop |
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available today that can meet my display needs. |
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-Richard |
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