There are lots of reasons to love a little netbook with a big battery. Some of these were apparent this morning in the local coffee shop. I watched laptop users struggling with their umpteen-inch behemoths on tiny tables, scrambling for AC outlets, and I was even asked to watch someone’s Compaq whle they hit the restroom. My little Samsung leaves plenty of tabletop for breakfast, runs five or six hours with Wi-Fi on and the screen turned bright, and requires so small a bag that I can easily lug it to the loo if I want (see stupid photo below).
One neat trick for mobile use is to defeat the setting that shuts down or puts the machine to sleep when you fold the screen closed. This means you can turn it on in the car and by the time you find a table it’s up and running and the Wi-Fi is connected - very nice. I haven’t written much about my netbook because I’ve been too busy using it.
NC-10 BATHROOM MIRROR SELF-PORTAIT - IT GOES WITH YOU!
(The foreshortening in this photo makes the NC-10 look much larger than it is)
Frank@OBOW