[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Notebooks
I wrote:
>>Yet HP continued to use the small-footprint/small screen form factor in
>>their 600/800,
>>and now the Libretto is all the rage. I'll bet that a 701 with a faster
>>processor, bigger HD, and
>>a pound shaved off the weight would sell well.
Paul asked:
>Hmmm, how would you take off that extra pound, besides a smaller battery,
and
>smaller screen?
Presumably the same way that HP does it (the 800 is only 3.5 pounds) and will
do it with their new 'Pedion' (Greek for 'dirt') laptop: you use materials
with a higher strength/weight ratio wherever you can.
- David