TFT weight (was: Re: I think I'm going to defect...)

["David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>]

>> Also--I'm curious:  Do TFT displays weigh a significant amount?  Enough to
>Glass, metal, plastic, and the circuit boards.  TFT's have more circuitry
because they're
>all digital, whereas DSTN and STN would be more analog (AFAIK).


I don't think that DSTN is any more analog than TFT, and the extra circuitry
in the latter would consist of a handful of chips, hardly a major
weight-producer.

>If you think that's heavy, my SPARCbook is supposed to weigh 7.5 lbs, I'm

I have a Micron which is heavier, but don't consider it a 'laptop':-)

>I guess it depends on what you're used to.  I used to lug around my original
IBM PC around when that


I can match that - try cross-country skiing across a frozen lake with a
Morrow MicroDecision (CP/M, circa 1981) strapped to your back!

- David