[Klug-general] ultra thin Apple Notebooks

J D Freeman kent at quixotic.org.uk
Thu Jan 17 13:18:41 GMT 2008


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On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:14:41PM +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> Agreed, I know someone with a 17" toshiba monstrosity which not only
> looks like a dutch car, but is also about as heavy as one... Pointless
> to spend a grand and a half on a machine like that... Completely
> unportable, unupgradable and is almost as fixed in position as a
> desktop.
> 
> Battery life is the most important factor, but its about a sweet spot of
> performance per watt, and dual core chips don't have to be high power,
> there are many advantages of multicore chips other than speed.

We really don't need them this powerful for most tasks. Look at the EEEP
C, still over powered for most tasks.

> Actually no you can't, they found after the baylis radio thing that kids
> in africa had become freakishly overdeveloped in one arm (according to
> J5), and the idea of having a manual charging method was dropped while
> they came up with something better... They're apparently going to add
> this into the next XO if they can find a real solution.

Hmmm, ARSE!

> Wirths Law - computing sucks...
> http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Wirth'slaw

Quite.

> Donate one, get one! You could have bought one in december, if you had
> paid for two. They might be running this scheme again so keep your eyes
> open for it if you REALLY want one. 

Only available to US citizens, else I would have done. If they run it
again, I am going to be making friends with someone in the US.

J
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