>
> For me, laptop size and battery life are key shopping points. If it's
> too big and bulky to carry all the time, or the battery life is so
> short that it makes using it on the go a futile attempt, I will never
> use the machine.
Also heat.
My primary "desktop" is a Toshiba Satellite laptop with a 15" monitor,
but it's too heavy and heats up my legs too much for traditional laptop
use on my lap.
I got an old IBM 600E for darn little as a travel laptop. Works fine,
long battery life, does everything I need (with Linux), doesn't bake my lap.
Frankly, except for heavy graphics or compiling, I don't see any real
point to anything beyond 32 bit & 1GHz or so. Run 256 MB RAM, 512 even.
What more can anyone need?
- Robin
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