[Gllug] Netbook recommendations?

[Joel Bernstein]

On 12 Jun 2009, at 15:27, - Tethys wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Joel Bernstein<joel at fysh.org> wrote:
>
>>> That depends much on your definition of portable.
>>
>> A portable computer tends to contain the key components required to
>> use it while disconnected from external power. A screen, a  
>> keyboard, a
>> battery, and so on.
>
> That's not a useful measurement, though. By your definition, something
> like the early luggables count, and technically, that's true. But you
> can't tell me you wouldn't rather carry around an EeePC than an  
> Obsorne-1
> on a daily basis.

I had one of these: http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/compaq/
when my father discarded it in about 1990. Lovely computer.

But you're not wrong. Pedantry aside though, is there any way a Mini  
_can_ be considered a portable? Yes, I can carry it. I can carry a  
sack of rice too, doesn't make it special portable rice.

/joel


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