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On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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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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Yeah, even with my amazing 12.1" "Theatre-in-a-clamshell" display it |
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takes up more of my field of view than anything other than my dad's |
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massive 51" DLP HDTV (1080i, I hope to plug my hilariously overpowered |
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graphics card into it someday!) |
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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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Yup! What really puts it into perspective is the X4 Ultrabase dock |
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that I use. When I take it with me (when I know I'll need it - |
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otherwise it sits next to the Athlon64) I can really feel the extra |
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1.1lbs. It's more noticeable than you would think, for those of you |
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who never owned a laptop. |
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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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Yup. Thank God for lassiz-faire, or you we would both have laptops |
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(if we were lucky) that would be the best for us - according to what |
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the state says is the best 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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I love consulting on these things. Just email me - I'm totally |
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neurotic about making sure you find what you need and not what they |
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say you need (which also just so happens to be the most expensive item |
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on their list... what are the chances of that?) |
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