8 Aug
2006
8 Aug
'06
4:40 p.m.
At 4:08 PM -0400 8/8/06, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Giant laptops? First I've heard of those. I
woulnd't mind something that had
most of a "real" keyboard attached instead of those miniatureized abbreviated
ones they all seem to favor. The trend (that I've managed to observe, and I
surely don't claim to be on top of this stuff) seems to be to keep runtime at
an absurdly low number while continuing to add more features, more hardware,
and do other things to suck up any gains that might happen in terms of
improvements in battery technology or elsewhere.
By "Giant laptops" I mean those monster laptops that are supposed to
be desktop replacements. 17" screens and the like.
Zane
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