From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FOlUv-0003de-Fr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:58:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2U0svp3010674; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:54:57 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2U0kR45009534 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:46:27 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so577707wri for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:46:26 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AhOh1vswVbQyGRnv8Z7crvsvxScua53Y/syBwdUGNOVPHB+a6kFohu/Z5dIJ+VHjQfIn13uKoKdYKIBiJQGn8aDaE51tcCidR6EKRXiGFbofLyJ0CtqVKOwZVjGK4rNx1Lzy+2nzAywWB+yPCSmhEsk+zLdbM7JCuolFZh+zn6E= Received: by 10.54.69.4 with SMTP id r4mr1685076wra; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:46:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.126.6 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:46:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7573e9640603291646k5a103e97ub7f6b14e5955e574@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:46:26 -0700 From: "Richard Fish" Sender: richard.j.fish@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone? In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <1143616641.29453.15.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <7573e9640603282355t7ab5a526tfd619e0c9c45a03@mail.gmail.com> <1143646905.21205.31.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <7573e9640603290845h3bedb131m209cc6323aee5848@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640603291228s93d3dc4o64edfe2adef0aa54@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k2U0kR45009534 X-Archives-Salt: ccafd65b-7a02-4a35-9a86-7d36cd2bf6e0 X-Archives-Hash: 218331a77973bbda60e1ae7a2d0a61f1 On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron wrote: > Great for you. However, if you got a laptop for non-work use > (personal, communications, mobile DVD viewing, &c) would you rather > get the massive 9 pound thing you use at work, or a nice small 14" > portable? Even this is a tough decision for me...I do occasionally like to watch DVDs on my laptop, even when I am at home, because at arms length my screen takes up more of my visual field than my 65" TV across the room! There is just something about that that makes me smile... Probably the same smile you get after you panic because you think you forgot your laptop, and then realize it is on your shoulder... > Before I forget: I lied. I doublechecked the #s and my X40 is really > 2.7 lbs. Srry... won't let it happen again ; ) Thank goodness for competition and market analysis....we both get laptops that we are really happy with, and that work well for us! Anyway my advice to people is to figure out what your needs are and buy the best laptop you can afford that comes as close to those needs as possible. Bigger is not always better. Neither is smaller. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list