On 25 May 2005 at 21:27, Tom C wrote: > Thanks Bob. > > One of the trips this year is guided. Only one small suitcase per person + > camera gear. Alot of walking and toting of luggage. I need to fit the > laptop, > adapter, etc., and ALL my clothes in a large backpack style wheeled case. > Hence the desire to go as small and light as possible. Sony has a similar > size > and weight laptop but it's a good $600 more, at least. > > I wouldn't usually go for a laptop this small, but this trip pretty much > demands it (I think), or maybe it's just an excuse to buy another computer.
Do you intend to use the lap-top for anything other than storage? It seems a bit of overkill otherwise in a minimalist set-up. You know if you bought a 100GB portable storage device you could probably afford a big solid state CF card :-) BTW I hear you're not too happy about the *ist D buffer <vbg> Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
