Re: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack

[Anthony Q. Martin]

I've been using laptop for slightly over two years with a single 
battery, power adapter, and touchpad.  I do a lot of work, and this 
configuration has never let me down.  Now I can imagine situations 
where these additions would be a necessity, but they are very specific 
and generally unusual (from the Consumer Reports average reader's 
standpoint.)  So yes, you have a point that in very specific 
situations these extras become essential but if one is going to do 
that, then the sky's the limit.  Consumer Reports is a magazine aimed 
at the average casual buyer - not the hard core user, who already 
knows what he needs.  So in this case they are wrong and they are 
misleading their subscribers.


I just spent the last several minutes on consumerreports.org looking 
over their comments on laptop. I saw several pages of fairly decent 
comments on laptop. I no way would one get the impression that they are 
misleading anyone.  Overall, it seems to be fairly balanced and 
non-remarkable coverage.