I know they aren’t supposed to do this, but I swear the airport security people slipped some ballast into my laptop bag when I wasn’t looking. This thing weighs a dadgum ton! I wondered in amazement this morning how I managed to haul this thing around Maryland without pulling my shoulder out of socket.
If I do much more travelling as part of the ol’ job, I’m gonna need to order up one of the lighter-weight laptops that are made. Otherwise, I might as well be dragging a ball and chain around.
Check out the Averatec 3150HS notebook at Sam’s Club:
Athlon XP-M 1600+
VIA 3156 chipset
256MB RAM
40GB hard drive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
10/100Mbps Ethernet
56K modem
12.1″ XGA TFT display
1.2″ thick
4.3 pounds
I’m evaluating one right now. For $900, it’s pretty decent (and only 2/3 the cost of those IBM ThinkPads).
http://www.averatec.com/notebooks/3150_series.html