Hi, Howard, nice to hear from you again.
Processor form-factor spins have accellerated so fast that
I don't think it's reasonable to expect anything approaching
three years any more. After a year, you're probably toast.
That's why my (corporate) laptop still sports a 75mhz P5.
Still in essence you're right. Know what I miss want on
that laptop? A bigger SCREEN. I'll take the 75 mhz. True
for some things which I do occasionally it's slow. Last week
for instance I had occasion to travel for personal reasons
but had to bring work with me, and serious database queries
which would run in under 5 minutes at home ran an hour. BUT
the real problem was screen real estate. No reasonable way
you could upgrade that.
I'm almost to the point of opting for a luggable case with
a standard motherboard. Put a separate flat-screen display
in a portable package, another separate reasonably compact
keyboard in a portable package, and I bet you could come
in under 25 pounds with some serious, upgradable components.
Porter! Hey, porter! Actually, I travel more by car
nowadays anyhow <ggg>. And I'm more likely to order
another Beefeater martini than do any serious work on
an airplane.
Plus, I gotta admit, I'm also
interested in porting it out to the porch, or maybe
out by the pool (during those months when the pool
is inflated, eh, Peter? <GG>).
Far as I know, though, nobody's seriously looking into this
mode of PC. Anybody remember the Osborn Luggable? Maybe
I'll have to seize the entrepreneurial opportunity ...
Anyhow, nice to hear from you again.
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