[Gllug] picturebook

[David Irvine]

Its time to ditch the thinkpad (Back to base for  the 3rd time in  less
than 8 months) and get a  new laptop, this time i quite fancy  a
picturebook, and after having a look on the web i've seen a few
different models, I've heard good reports on them but  im finding it 
hard getting real information on them, i've found  one at 
microwarehouse with a crusoe chip for 1200 quid, is that a good deal?

What i would like to know is does anybody have any experience  of
picturebooks, would they recommend them and what about the crusoe chip?
Is battery life going to  be  super?   Basically waht i need from a
laptop is simply battery life,  small  lightweight footprint, a fairly
large hdd, and a pcmcia slot.  I would also like  an  external dvd/cdrw
drive  since i spend a lot of time on  the move it would  be nice to
watch movies on the train.  Any other recommendations on a new laptop? I
also  quite like the size of the picturebook, i dont need a large
screen, just something to code on when i'm between  meetings, and
something cute to show off at gllug/slug meetings :d

Cheers in advance


David



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