Dinky little laptop needed, any ideas?
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I have to be away from my home pc a bit more than I'd like.
Therefore I'd like to be able to have a very light wireless enabled laptop that doesn't always have to be plugged into the mains. Even little laptops seem to come with a huge brick for the power supply, and I'd like to avoid that, bearing in mind I'll have to carry it for several hours every week.
All I really need it for is web-surfing, answering emails etc, so a powerhouse would be wasted on me, I'm alsoo happy to go 2nd hand. I've seen a few HP models (on the train) that look suitable, but I can't seem to locate them and I can't tell just how large they are from the pictures on the web.
I've even thought of PDA with a qwerty keyboard, but I'm not sure it would be able to hack it or be able to render some of the webpages I visit properly?
Therefore I'd like to be able to have a very light wireless enabled laptop that doesn't always have to be plugged into the mains. Even little laptops seem to come with a huge brick for the power supply, and I'd like to avoid that, bearing in mind I'll have to carry it for several hours every week.
All I really need it for is web-surfing, answering emails etc, so a powerhouse would be wasted on me, I'm alsoo happy to go 2nd hand. I've seen a few HP models (on the train) that look suitable, but I can't seem to locate them and I can't tell just how large they are from the pictures on the web.
I've even thought of PDA with a qwerty keyboard, but I'm not sure it would be able to hack it or be able to render some of the webpages I visit properly?
Edited by thepeoplespal on Tuesday 20th June 11:22
thepeoplespal said:
I'm alsoo happy to go 2nd hand.
Dell latitude C400. Laptop is tiny, power supply is tiny, standard battery lasts a good 3 hours or so and you can get a large battery for 6 hours or so. OK, so you'll need a wireless card as it doesn't have any built in. Can pick up a good 1.2ghz one from Ebay for £300 tops.
every thought about a XDA exec?
only say this as i had the same problem. just wanted to be able to look at the web and reply to emails. Went to O2 (i know some people don't like them) and ended up getting the O2 XdA Exec on a £55pm contact. And i get the O2 200 voice contact with double time and txt for life and 200mb for data. It's been working like a treat and then when i get home, i just sync it with the home PC so that is up to date.
Might be worth considering.
only say this as i had the same problem. just wanted to be able to look at the web and reply to emails. Went to O2 (i know some people don't like them) and ended up getting the O2 XdA Exec on a £55pm contact. And i get the O2 200 voice contact with double time and txt for life and 200mb for data. It's been working like a treat and then when i get home, i just sync it with the home PC so that is up to date.
Might be worth considering.
How about one of these? (sorry, crap photo)
It's a Dialogue Flybook, pictured here with a normal CD for size comparison - it's very small and light, loads of connectivity (wifi, bluetooth, even a GPRS mobile phone built in) and loads of ports on the back - even a PC Card slot for a 3G modem if you fancy. If you're travelling a lot and need internet connectivity everywhere you go, then it's hard to beat this out of the box...
Can be used as a tablet (touch sensitive screen) as well as a normal laptop. Only downside is battery performance, but I believe that the new version (with the Intel CPU) has better battery life. I wouldn't recommend one for heavy keyboard use as the keyboard is just a bit too small for comfortable typing, but for emails and the occasional letter it's fine.
It's a Dialogue Flybook, pictured here with a normal CD for size comparison - it's very small and light, loads of connectivity (wifi, bluetooth, even a GPRS mobile phone built in) and loads of ports on the back - even a PC Card slot for a 3G modem if you fancy. If you're travelling a lot and need internet connectivity everywhere you go, then it's hard to beat this out of the box...
Can be used as a tablet (touch sensitive screen) as well as a normal laptop. Only downside is battery performance, but I believe that the new version (with the Intel CPU) has better battery life. I wouldn't recommend one for heavy keyboard use as the keyboard is just a bit too small for comfortable typing, but for emails and the occasional letter it's fine.
Plotloss said:
Cant go wrong with an X series though, I've got an old X21 and its been an absolute trooper.
I've got an X31, and it is great. You can get smaller, lighter machines now, but this was as small as they came about 5 years ago, and still works a treat. (And can be had for very little on eBay these days.) Beware of very flimsy machines - if you are carrying them around alot, they do get quite creaky and wobbly quite quickly. Fujitsu machines always used to be terrible in this respect ...
Oli.
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