atw: Re: Buying a new laptop
- From: "Michael Granat" <mgranat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:33:11 +1000
Hi Peter (Fagan)
A Compaq one that we have been dealing with at work, looks
funky (black and silvered plastic upright case with a
CD-ROM draw that opens sideways / vertical) and I can see
that it would be very handy to transport, by itself or with a
keyboard and a mouse, just using any available monitor
wherever you plug it in.
Our Systems Administrator here, however, is rather
unimpressed with it (video card is a tad nasty, very little
capability for expansion and the like, compromise
motherboard design) but it doesn't seem to be anywhere
near as dreadful a compromise as a laptop to me.
No batteries or charger to lug around.
Not so much of a target for thieves.
You can buy RAM and drives for it without too much of
a cost penalty.
Has an inbuilt modem, network card and powered ports.
It is pretty portable and lugable considering.
...and quite powerful / fast / capable to boot (reboot?).
Now why nobody (that I know of) builds a PC these days
as portable as an Amiga 500, 600 or 1200 (or an Atari ST)
of the late 1980s and 1990s, with a slim CPU case that has
an integrated keyboard is beyond me.
You could slip one under your arm, pop the power supply
block and the mouse in a shopping bag and off you went.
Not much more effort than taking a keyboard with you.
But that concept seems to have vanished, unless anyone
knows otherwise.
Cheers,
Michael
Michael E. Granat
Technical Communicator
Without Prejudice. E&OE. Private & Confidential.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Fagan [mailto:peterf@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 May 2004 14:50
To: Austechwriter (post)
Subject: atw: Re: Buying a new laptop
Laptops have appeal and strengths; also plenty of problems and weaknesses=
=20as
Michael Granat and others have been discussing.
Has anyone tried a small form factor PC (SFF) and have any opinions on th=
em
as an alternative?
What is an SFF? - <www.saeba.com>
Peter Fagan
IntraDoc Pty Ltd
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