OT Rant: Smaller/thinner laptops.

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sat May 20 08:14:53 2000

  My biggest gripe with the newer laptops is that the keybaords are too
small. Give me my NEC MultiSpeed any day! If I want tiny, I'll use my HP
200 LX.

    Joe


At 07:36 PM 5/19/00 GMT, you wrote:
>I'd like to share a revelation I have had about modern laptops.
>
>I have noticed that nearly every new laptop generation on the market is
>roughly about a third smaller than the previous generation. But does anybody
>know why they make them this way? One might say that this is so because of
>new manufacturing processes, new technologies, etc.
>
>But in my opinion, I think laptops are made as thin as they are so you can
>be lost or stolen easier. If you lose a new laptop, you are probably out
>$1500 or more! That's why I like older laptops like a Tandy Model 100,
>Macintosh Portable, etc. because of these reasons:
>
>1. Large size
>2. *Proper* keyboards (laptop makers, please thake note!)
>3. Phenominal battery lives (see above comment)
>4. If they are lost (nobody would really want to steal an obsolete laptop)
>you are out maybe $50-150 or so.
>
>So the newest technology is better, I beg to differ!
>
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