Smallest notebooks
Joined: Dec 1997
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From: Penarth South Wales
I have been using a Sony TR1MP for nearly a year and can strongly recommend it if you want highly portable computer access.
The new version the TR2A is even better. With the extended battery I'm getting 6 hours usage between charges.
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The new version the TR2A is even better. With the extended battery I'm getting 6 hours usage between charges.
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The Oracle
Joined: Aug 2001
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From: Naples, Florida U.S.A.
StirStick,
The smallest notebooks usually leave out drives and sacrifice screen size. You need to figure out what you will be doing with the notebook. It is a balance of weight/size vs features.
Take Care,
Richard
The smallest notebooks usually leave out drives and sacrifice screen size. You need to figure out what you will be doing with the notebook. It is a balance of weight/size vs features.
Take Care,
Richard
PPRuNe Handmaiden
Joined: Feb 1997
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From: Duit On Mon Dei
I got an Apple 12" iBook.
2.2kg, CDR/DVD, stable OS (Mac OS X panther)
WiFi card added, blue tooth ready.
~£800.
New model out too, uprated the CPU to 1Ghz (from 800Mhz)
Not as tiny as the Sony Vaio TR1MP.
2.2kg, CDR/DVD, stable OS (Mac OS X panther)
WiFi card added, blue tooth ready.
~£800.
New model out too, uprated the CPU to 1Ghz (from 800Mhz)
Not as tiny as the Sony Vaio TR1MP.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
I've used a Dell Latitude X200 for a year now and it's been excellent. Normally I only need a plug-in USB memory stick to transfer data; however, if I need 3.5 diskette or CD-ROM drives, I just click the computer into it's matching 'media base'.
They've stopped making the X200 now and the replacement model, the X300 doesn't have a 3.5 diskette drive in it's mediabase, just a CD-ROM drive and a subwoofer.
However, I won't recommend a Dell to anyone as their customer service is utterly appalling. They broke my old Latitude LT when in their 'care' and I'm still waiting for a response from their Bray, Eire headquarters.....
Have a look at the smaller IBM thinkpads...or Sony Vaio.
They've stopped making the X200 now and the replacement model, the X300 doesn't have a 3.5 diskette drive in it's mediabase, just a CD-ROM drive and a subwoofer.
However, I won't recommend a Dell to anyone as their customer service is utterly appalling. They broke my old Latitude LT when in their 'care' and I'm still waiting for a response from their Bray, Eire headquarters.....
Have a look at the smaller IBM thinkpads...or Sony Vaio.
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From: Chichester, UK
I was a very happy user of a Sony Vaio N505X (running Linux 
). It had two years of hard use while I was commuting by train, and the quality and reliability was excellent. Not the smallest or lightest you can get (roughly 10" diagonal, weight about 2 lbs.) but the right balance of size and ease of use. If I needed a similar machine today I'd go looking for whatever the modern equivalent is.
Customer service? Dunno, never needed it.
). It had two years of hard use while I was commuting by train, and the quality and reliability was excellent. Not the smallest or lightest you can get (roughly 10" diagonal, weight about 2 lbs.) but the right balance of size and ease of use. If I needed a similar machine today I'd go looking for whatever the modern equivalent is. Customer service? Dunno, never needed it.
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