What is your dream laptop?

small to fit in bag but big enough for fingers on keyboard: check for macbook air, macbook

huge hard drive (storage memory) and RAM (operations memory, speed depends on this): check for macbook; macbook air is max at 2GB RAM, 60/80GB Hard Drive storage space

really long battery life: Macbook Air clocks in at 4 hours 16 minutes in web browsing + mp3 playback, 3 hours and 25 minutes on DVD playback, and 2 hours and 26 minutes doing XviD playback, web browsing and heavy downloading.

Here are the top laptops in terms of battery life, according to CNET Australia:

Sony Vaio VGN-TX27GP
Samsung Q30
Lenovo Thinkpad R60
Acer TravelMate 3010
Dell XPS M1210

I think the Dell XPS M1210 as a rather huge hard drive space and is small too. CNet's editors think that this is rather bulky, however.

Laptop with internet connection: most laptops nowadays are on Wifi.

Used as a cellphone: Through Skype, GizmoProject and other Soft Phone/VoIP software, you could call and text people. Through chikka.com you can text people too.

Digi/Video cam: it's a staple in most laptops nowadays to have a webcam. The best for me is the one on eeePC: because you can turn it to face the subject in front of you/behind your laptop's monitor. the eeePC 900 series has a 1.3 Megapixel camera.. the eeePC 900 only has 14GB of hard drive for Windows, 20GB hard drive for Linux, however. and the keyboard is too small, in my opinion. heheh.

So far, I think only the Macbook Air has everything you want, except for the large hard drive storage:

-Small enough for manila envelope, full-sized keyboard
-hard drive space: 60GB/80GB: so-so in this department
-really long battery life: passable I think
-internet connection: yep
-cellphone: with skype, etc, yep!


Video game console.... Err... get a peripheral???


So, tell me what you think with my "evaluation"?:)


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Oh, you're really that much of a geek huh??^_^ Anyways, thanks for the info and you really love Macbook Air taht much too huh? what is it with Mac computers?? Ive seen the Air when it was first released to the world. It is very thin and Im really not that much keen on thin things. Im always afraid that Ill squish them to bits and pieces or somehting. This sentiment also goes to cellphones like the Ultra Edition of Samsung and the thin Moto phones. I really appreciate you're evaluation and its quite detailed. Why havent I met you when Im in the market for a laptop?? Ive got one and its an Acer. Didnt pick it myself just went home to find it on the table. Its the one recommended by my mom's officemate who is in charge of the tech department. Its a travelmate model. Thanks for the info and I hope you get that laptop you want^_^.

YES.:)

Haha! I am that much of a geek!

By the way, there is an ultraportable that may suit your specifications, just don't get the Vista OS for it.:)

Fujitsu P7230 reference article:

http://www.geek.com/ubuntu-goes-ultraportable/?welcome=true

:)

It's pretty small and it has a loooooooooong battery life, 9.5 hours!

I was just researching for another article on ultraportables.:)

Well, you know whom to poke when you need help on a laptop now, right?


Nice seeing you here!:)

Thanks for the help. Ill check out the site when I come back. Its almost 3am right now and I was just finishing off the comments from myLot. Yeah, I already memorized your user name.haha! Its really nice meeting you.^_^

Yeah, but though I think that those are exciting, I think nothing beats pen and paper. Heheh.:)

They're rather expensive though. But yeah, I see why you like them. Thanks for answering!:)

i found several Artist Edition HP Pavillions:

the dv6700t looks so much sleeker and it has the kind of art i really would go for.

the dv2800t looks like street graffiti, and I didn't get to appreciate it much.

though it's really edgy, i think gmask offers a much better way to customize your laptop.

For only around $150, you can have your entire laptop "gmasked."

Gmask is a kind of wrapper/protection with cool designs you can choose from.

Check out: http://www.gmask.com.ph<< I think you better get a Macbook Pro and have it gmasked. Aheheh.:p

Wow, I just love Macs too!

System76 is company that sells computers pre-loaded and optimized with Ubuntu Linux.:)

Do check it out:

http://www.system76.com

here is my post with the lid that I fell in love with, heheh:

http://nenyathegeek.blogspot.com/2008/05/sayuri-dissatisfaction-part-1-journey.html

enjoy!:)

nice to know of another Machead in these parts..

and yes, I am so inspired by your G3 iBook... that is exactly the reason why I chose a Mac over anything else!:)

Yeah, they're thin, pretty, and very very light.:)

I want one too.:) Sigh.:)