Re: [PLUG] Laptop Reseller Whoas

[Jason Costomiris <jcostom@jasons.org>]

On Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at 09:14 PM, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 09:18:25AM -0400, Jason Costomiris wrote:
> > On Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 01:46 AM, Paul wrote:
> > Also, they weigh roughly a metric buttload.
>
> Huh? LCDs weigh almost nothing relative to batteries...

Yes, and it takes a LOT of battery to drive a 16" screen. :)

> And, in any case, 10 lbs? Sheesh. That's almost nothing.

Yes, 10 lbs isn't much to pick up and carry from one room to the next.  
Put it in a laptop bag and sling it over your shoulder.  You'll be able 
to carry it, but your shoulder would sure rather have been carrying a 
bag that had a 5 lb notebook.  Take a job that requires you to travel 
extensively and you'll see.  When I first started my current job 2.5 
years ago, I had a notebook that was almost 8 lbs with all the 
trimmings (CD, battery, power supply).  Traded that in a year later for 
a Thinkpad T21 at under 5 lbs.  Wow, amazing what a difference.  My 
shoulder was thankful.

> I've got (several, but only one working, so) an aging ThinkPad 760.
> It tips the scales at well more than, say, a new PowerBook, but if
> there's anything that bugs me about it, it's the *heat* that it
> produces on my lap (especially in this weather... tomorrow, I'll
> probably not care again, what with our expected 46 degree drop in
> high temperatures overnight tonight).

Yeah, I saw that news article about the PC laptop that burnt that guy's 
"little friend".  Ouch.

> If the complaint is that it's too heavy to carry... hit the damn
> gym, 'cause ten pounds is *nothing*. You were that much weight in
> *clothing* (count shoes and you double it; compare morning and
> evening and you probably triple it). If the complaint is that it's
> ten *more* pounds in addition to books/papers/whatever... get the
> hell out of the eighteenth century and carry those things on the
> laptop

Sure, but those 10 lbs of clothes is distributed over your entire body. 
 The 10 lbs from the laptop is concentrated on a 2" x 4" area on your 
shoulder where the strap hangs.  Unless of course you go backpack, 
which by the way, I highly recommend.


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