OMG....how small can these laptops go?!?!?

[dnuggett]

And all I need it for is to haul data from one place to another and act as a disk imaging terminal (Which you can't do with a cruddy little 20 gig laptop harddrive)

Does 80 sound better? That's what is available. You aren't looking hard enough. Waht are your specific requirements?

 

[vi edit]

I've been shopping for 6 months. Laptops that meet my excessive criteria simply do not exist, and the only laptops that meet my size requirements are $3000 desktop replacement models that can't physically fit in a smaller space. And all I need it for is to haul data from one place to another and act as a disk imaging terminal (Which you can't do with a cruddy little 20 gig laptop harddrive)

Then get a tiny laptop and get a 160 gig firewire external HD for $150.

 

[Nocturnal]

That thing would break so easily.

 

[QmarGustav]

forget the laptop - why are asian women so small?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
That thing would break so easily.

How does being thin mean it will break easily? Besides, what do you do with your laptops? Sit on them?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: QmarGustav
forget the laptop - why are asian women so small?

Because Asian men are small?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

And all I need it for is to haul data from one place to another and act as a disk imaging terminal (Which you can't do with a cruddy little 20 gig laptop harddrive)

Does 80 sound better? That's what is available. You aren't looking hard enough. Waht are your specific requirements?

10lbs+ (I don't appreciate hardware that I can lose and not notice). 15" display. Keyboard reasonably sized so it takes up a good portion of the width of the 15" display. Onboard 100mbit NIC (PC card sucks). Fat harddrive. Has to look respectable (No flashy, ugly colors. Black and silver, nothing more)

Oh, and it has to be cheap at the same time. Which it should be because nobody wants somthing that size and everybody hates wired networking

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: QmarGustav
forget the laptop - why are asian women so small?

errr..is it just me or did i just notice that omargustav created a new account...i recall him having greater than 10 posts..




look @ the slide show and look @ that thin desktop comp! @_@

 

[nodoubts2k]

Pretty Small

 

[PunDogg]

Originally posted by: KatLei
wonder how bad the battery life on that is... i'd be so afraid of breaking it... gee...

thats a really expensive frisbee hehe

Dogg

 

[Tetsuo]

Th Sony x505 series have always been ridiculously small, but that thing is holy batman small

 

[Snapster]

Can you fold it 8 times?

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: dnuggett

And all I need it for is to haul data from one place to another and act as a disk imaging terminal (Which you can't do with a cruddy little 20 gig laptop harddrive)

Does 80 sound better? That's what is available. You aren't looking hard enough. Waht are your specific requirements?

10lbs+ (I don't appreciate hardware that I can lose and not notice). 15" display. Keyboard reasonably sized so it takes up a good portion of the width of the 15" display. Onboard 100mbit NIC (PC card sucks). Fat harddrive. Has to look respectable (No flashy, ugly colors. Black and silver, nothing more)

Oh, and it has to be cheap at the same time. Which it should be because nobody wants somthing that size and everybody hates wired networking

http://www.rgiarbys.com/laptop/index.htm

40 gig HD
15.2" Widescreen
2.4gig P4
512 RAM
32meg Geforce 4
8x4x32 DVD-ROM/CDRW
Built in modem
Built in 10/100 nic
Built in wireless
Excellent sound
Sexy looking
Can use it as a $1400 cdplayer without actually booting it up.

$1400

 

[Koing]

Man that looks SWEET!

I own a R600 (usa model is the r505 I believe) thin with 12.1" screen. Keyboard is as useful as a full size one to me. I touch type so that would probably make it a bit easier. Nice keyboard to me.

I want a 15" laptop that has the size of the PowerBooks. NOW that would be SWEET imo.

If Sony or anyone else made one with the specs and size it would be great.

Koing

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
wow that's small..


(and not that's NOT what she said)

sensitive about that huh?

 

[Koing]

The X505/SP is made of space-age carbon-fiber; it has a higher rigidity:weight ratio than any material used heretofore in a notebook.

Battery Life: Standard Battery: 2.5 - 4 hours
Charge Time: 2.5 hours (when machine is off)

Looks alright to me.

Koing

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: dnuggett

And all I need it for is to haul data from one place to another and act as a disk imaging terminal (Which you can't do with a cruddy little 20 gig laptop harddrive)

Does 80 sound better? That's what is available. You aren't looking hard enough. Waht are your specific requirements?

10lbs+ (I don't appreciate hardware that I can lose and not notice). 15" display. Keyboard reasonably sized so it takes up a good portion of the width of the 15" display. Onboard 100mbit NIC (PC card sucks). Fat harddrive. Has to look respectable (No flashy, ugly colors. Black and silver, nothing more)

Oh, and it has to be cheap at the same time. Which it should be because nobody wants somthing that size and everybody hates wired networking

Out of curiousity why would you want something 10+ lbs that you can get for less weight that does what you want it to? I'm really not considering that your initial reason is actually true.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: dnuggett

And all I need it for is to haul data from one place to another and act as a disk imaging terminal (Which you can't do with a cruddy little 20 gig laptop harddrive)

Does 80 sound better? That's what is available. You aren't looking hard enough. Waht are your specific requirements?

10lbs+ (I don't appreciate hardware that I can lose and not notice). 15" display. Keyboard reasonably sized so it takes up a good portion of the width of the 15" display. Onboard 100mbit NIC (PC card sucks). Fat harddrive. Has to look respectable (No flashy, ugly colors. Black and silver, nothing more)

Oh, and it has to be cheap at the same time. Which it should be because nobody wants somthing that size and everybody hates wired networking

Out of curiousity why would you want something 10+ lbs that you can get for less weight that does what you want it to? I'm really not considering that your initial reason is actually true.

So he doesn't lose it or not noticeit.

Koing

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: dnuggett

And all I need it for is to haul data from one place to another and act as a disk imaging terminal (Which you can't do with a cruddy little 20 gig laptop harddrive)

Does 80 sound better? That's what is available. You aren't looking hard enough. Waht are your specific requirements?

10lbs+ (I don't appreciate hardware that I can lose and not notice). 15" display. Keyboard reasonably sized so it takes up a good portion of the width of the 15" display. Onboard 100mbit NIC (PC card sucks). Fat harddrive. Has to look respectable (No flashy, ugly colors. Black and silver, nothing more)

Oh, and it has to be cheap at the same time. Which it should be because nobody wants somthing that size and everybody hates wired networking

Out of curiousity why would you want something 10+ lbs that you can get for less weight that does what you want it to? I'm really not considering that your initial reason is actually true.

I like to be able to feel my equipment. Plus, weight = solid build, which is critical when you'll be banging the thing around all day as a student and on service calls.

 

[Tab]

If I can put all my 'files' on it, play Half-Life 2 @ 1024x768 x 32 with 4xAA and 8x Ansio at a stable 45FPS without any major ghosting, they've got a buyer

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: crumpet19
dont type hard.
dont drop it.
dont touch it.
dont set things on it.
dont breath on it.
and you should be fine.

Heh. Reminds me of HAPPY FUN BALL!

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Woot! Damn right.

/me points at sig

 

[IgoByte]

Wow, that's friggin small. Kinda pricey though. For that money, I'd rather get something a little more solid...

 

[LS20]

ibook/powerbook formfactor is fine for me

 

[m2kewl]

hot damn...eat your heart out Apple!!

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: LS20
ibook/powerbook formfactor is fine for me

Yeah I'd say the perfect formfactor is the 15" PowerBook. Nothing compares to that when you need a 15" screen

I don't have one though

Koing