We have an A series thinkpad as well (I think it's an A20) with the 15" screen. It's heavyish. It's still working. Those things were built to be dropped from a distance, I swear.
My first portable -- the IBM portable -- had two floppy drives, and no hard drive, and a "super-twist" screen which was new technology; it came out before the Toshiba gas-plasma displays. That one -was- dropped from heights (by accident) several times, and I think it was about 14 lbs. But it could be carried easily compared to a desktop.
I like portability, but I tend to buy -- for the "main" machine -- larger & more powerful bulk. It takes longer for the tech to stale-date, and it is, as you said, a primary work machine.
I think it depends on how one defines work, though. Had I only wanted to use a computer to compose novels, the portable with the aforementioned floppies (Word 4.0 for DOS) would have been fine.
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Date: 2004-11-24 12:33 pm (UTC)My first portable -- the IBM portable -- had two floppy drives, and no hard drive, and a "super-twist" screen which was new technology; it came out before the Toshiba gas-plasma displays. That one -was- dropped from heights (by accident) several times, and I think it was about 14 lbs. But it could be carried easily compared to a desktop.
I like portability, but I tend to buy -- for the "main" machine -- larger & more powerful bulk. It takes longer for the tech to stale-date, and it is, as you said, a primary work machine.
I think it depends on how one defines work, though. Had I only wanted to use a computer to compose novels, the portable with the aforementioned floppies (Word 4.0 for DOS) would have been fine.