[ale] [OT] Laptop Battery Worth It?

[Geoffrey Myers]

david w. millians wrote:
> On 7/11/2011 2:03 PM, David Tomaschik wrote:
>> If I were to replace the laptop, I'd be inclined to go with the Dell
>> Vostro 3350 (in a Core i5).  13.3" screen, Core i5, 7-8 hours battery
>> life, for $689 shipped.
> 
> For my money- and I know I'm weird- I just can't see spending more than 
> about $500 on a 12" netbook. Plenty of battery life, plenty of 
> horsepower for stuff I need when out and about, and usually you can get 
> one for about $400. At $100 per year, that's pretty good. The size is 
> just big enough, and the weight is still small. And if it dies- well, 
> it's $400.

12" ??? you must not be old like the rest of us.  I'd feel like I was 
looking at a postage stamp. :)  Then again, I do a lot of software 
development on my laptop, so I need some umph. ;)

> 
> But I'm weird, and don't really have to have that much umph anymore in a 
> laptop. It's not like I'm going to edit video on it, or compile the OS 
> from scratch. :)
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