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! ____________________________________________________________ David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian. Home page: http://www.geocities.com/netsurfer_x1/ Computer Collection: "Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, Okimate 20. "Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II. "Delorean": TI-99/4A. "Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable. "Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3. "Boombox": Sharp PC-7000. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com