Worth it to dump/egay all my gadgets and get a subnote?

[OS]

IE, so that I can stop carrying around my two mp3 players, discman, palm 3xe, ti 85, etc. and get a subnote? I'd just auction off whatever I can and take the profit+extra money and buy a subnote. I'm getting tired of carrying around ten pounds of gadgets with me to class.

thinking one of these

My two biggest problems are cost/thefts and portability (can't carry it without a bag like my palm)

 

[RossMAN]

What is your budget for the sub notebook?

 

[OS]

I'd be willing to spend around 1k or so. So that Sony 600 mhz celeron one would fit my budget.

 

[RossMAN]

If you can spend just $309 more you can get about 2 times the machine in the IBM ThinkPad T20 for $1,309:

IBM . Sony
14.1" . 10.4"
Pentium 3/700 . Celeron 600
internal DVD . external CD-ROM
1024x768 display, TV out . I don't know
Windows 2000 . Windows ME
Weighs more . Weighs less
No Rebate Hassle . $100 Rebate Hassle
12GB 10GB
built-in 56k/NIC

That's A LOT more machine for only $309 more. What do you guys think?

 

[Aihyah]

not really.. i have a subnote.. aren't as convenient as a mp3 player etc battery life stinks compared to those little devices.. u gotta boot.. etc


rossman, thats way bigger and heavier.. subnotebooks are tiny.

oh yea, not sure if those models have a network connect. actually mines a z505 series.. so its like a small notebook, not sub. friend has a sub.. the keys are a tad too close together for my taste. mines like 3.5lb

 

[Czar]

Those VAIO's are a dream, drool factor 10

 

[RossMAN]

rossman, thats way bigger and heavier.. subnotebooks are tiny.

If he's getting a laptop he might as well spend a few hundred more, add a few inches and a few pounds and get something with DVD.

 

[Aihyah]

it depends, i got the z505 because its like an inch thin and light, but still has a 12" screen. the subs are even smaller. the z505 is sometimes still a pain to carry and its only 3.5lb, a normal laptop with dvd etc is more then twice as heavy.

 

[MrBond]

You can't beat a graphing calc sometimes, same with the palm. The size and easy access to your tools is nice.

And, if they get stolen, they're cheaper to replace then a notebook

 

[OS]

<< If he's getting a laptop he might as well spend a few hundred more, add a few inches and a few pounds and get something with DVD. >>



Actually, for me I'd prefer to have smaller size over a more powerful unit. I already have a nice desktop so I don't need too much additional hardware. Thanks for pointing out that rebate though, I didn't notice earlier.




<< You can't beat a graphing calc sometimes, same with the palm. The size and easy access to your tools is nice. >>



Matlab (engineering math program) supposedly beats the crap out of any graphing calc. I haven't used it much myself though. But yeah I will loose some portability.

 

[OS]

&quot;Approx. 3.5-5.5 hours (with supplied battery)&quot;

wow, just pulled that from the sony page, pretty impressive battery life.

 

[MrBond]

There are graphing calc programs that do what my ti-86 does, but my graphing calc is soooooo much more portable. I'd take the portability over a laptop with matlab any day

 

[OS]

<< I'd take the portability over a laptop with matlab any day >>



Well, except that I also carry a palmpilot, MP3 player and/or a cd player along with the TI-85. Suddenly, all that stuff isn't so portable anymore. All the functionality of the above devices can be replaced with a single machine.

 

[Aihyah]

btw, i bought the laptop for that reason, thinking it would replace my pda etc.. hahaha that didn't last long laptops are for typing reports and programming etc... other stuff less convenient.

 

[kami]

RossMAN, that thinkpad is an awesome deal. Too bad I don't have the extra cash for a cool toy like that.

 

[RossMAN]

RossMAN, that thinkpad is an awesome deal. Too bad I don't have the extra cash for a cool toy like that.

It sure is, IBM ThinkPad T20 P3/700/128/20/DVD all for only $1309 brand new can you say DROOL!