[ale] [OT] Laptop Battery Worth It?

[Lightner, Jeff]

I'm with others - I'd don't mind lugging around a larger laptop to get the increased screen and keyboard size that goes with it.   The nice thing is the laptop bag I bought 7 years ago because it was a dirt cheap special at Microcenter and used for my Thinkpad was already big enough to fit my new Dell D630 when I got it a few years later.   Of course I also often carry around tools, CDs/DVDs, portables drives and what not so the laptop bag gets a bit heavy on occasion.   Real men don't mind the weight.  :p





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lynch
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:00 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Laptop Battery Worth It?

On 07/13/2011 04:07 PM, David Tomaschik wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Jim Lynch
> <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>  wrote:
>> Microcenter keeps sending me sales flyers.  The last one had a laptop
>> for under $300.  It's far and away bigger, faster, stronger than my
>> $1100 Compaq of 6 years ago and I suspect faster than a system 76.
>>
>> Jim.
> To me, just "faster" than what I have now is not a significant
> motivator to upgrade/replace.  To me, it seems that small/incremental
> upgrades are not worthwhile.  Maybe it's just me, but $300 for a
> slight upgrade vs $600 for a significant upgrade does not seem to make
> sense.  But maybe that's just me.
>
> I'm also disappointed when I look at most of the current "consumer"
> laptops.  I can't believe that the industry still sees<  3 hours of
> battery life as acceptable.  I'm also amazed by the fact that these
> 15.6" monsters have become the prevalent size -- they look way too big
> to really be portable to me.  I think they're probably just an
> all-in-one with an attached keyboard.
>
> Maybe I'm just picky, which is what makes this a tough decision.
>
>
>
I understand the concerns.  I have a problem with the disk speeds.  The
5400 rpm drives make a laptop seem slow even if it's got a record
holding CPU.  My next one will have to have a 7200 rpm drive, now that I
see them on the market.

Jim.
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