gabriel rosenkoetter on Sat, 19 Apr 2003 14:31:06 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Laptop Reseller Whoas


On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 09:05:58AM -0400, Jason Costomiris wrote:
> Yes, and it takes a LOT of battery to drive a 16" screen. :)

Erm, well, yes, of course. :^>

> 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.

Heh. Perhaps I should have read back over this thread before asking
my T22 question. :^>

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

Well, I guess. But do you ever actually hold your laptop over your
crotch while using it? I don't think it's anatomically possible.
(Where do you *arms* go?)

> Sure, but those 10 lbs of clothes is distributed over your entire body. 

Well, I was speaking of the 10 lbs of books and papers also in the
bag, and I still think it's a legitimate argument. I see quite a few
(business) people with a laptop and then the full contents of a
briefcase in a bag. Um... what's the point?

(Same goes for those PDA-and-mini-legal-pad leather folders, or PDA
slots in physical address books. Why?)

>  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.

Yeah, no argument

I happen to carry, when I bother to carry a bag--usually just take
my Apple Newton with me these days, a leather bag that itself easily
weighs 10 lbs. And loading it with school books and a laptop
definitely made, say, biking up the hill to Swarthmore's campus (which,
thankfully, I don't need to do any more) than pleasant. So I ditched
the school books.

In any case, if I were truly traveling, on foot, with a laptop-
weight object on my back, a backpack would be by far preferred.

-- 
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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