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Ahnold Couldn’t Heft This Around The Airport

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.

  1. 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

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