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Weblog:   I want a lighter PowerBook!
Subject:   Lighter laptops for the over 50 crowd
Date:   2005-02-04 08:52:37
From:   irenestern friedman
I'm a grandmother and I'd love a lighter PB for when I travel by plane especially. I'd adore a laptop small enough to wrap in a wetsuit and put in a tote with my snack, library book, change of clothes in case the checked luggage is lost,-- and still have that tote light enough for me to swing into the overhead compartment without wincing. I don't play music. I used to always travel with Norton CDs in case of a terrible crash, but since OS X I don't have crashes. The elimination of the optical drive for weight would be fine. If such a PB became available I'd likely have that for travel and perhaps to replace my Visor deluxe because I really prefer a computer to a PDA, and have a larger laptop for my main at home computer.


Laptops at home have the advantages of fewer wires than many desktops, smaller footprint than most desktops, and portability within the home. What I don't want to carry out in the world I can easily carry from one room to another at home.


So consider the market for mini-books to include older folk than those to whom computer ads generally are geared.