I agree with what I think Dominique is saying. Personally I just don't
see the appeal of netbooks. If it's going to be a small computer with
most of the features one expects, then it might as well have a keyboard
and screen of a reasonably usable size, like the ThinkPad X series (or
the old TP 240). Once you start compromising on the screen and keyboard
size, then it might as well be as small as a PDA phone. Why bother with
anything in between?
Dominique Pivard wrote:
On 24.06.2009 07:39, you, Aryeh Goretsky (home) wrote:
I noticed in the Lenovo blog (courtesy of the T400s entry mentioned
by Jane--thanks!) that Lenovo was thinking about netbooks for the
ThinkPad line (they already have them in the IdeaPad line). Here's
a list of things I'd like to see in a ThinkPad netbook, insomewhat-w
weighted order:
o TrackPoint
o keyboard layout similar to existing ThinkPads
o ThinkLight (maybe high/low/off instead of on/off)
o fingerprint scanner
o 802.11b/g, with optional 802.11n
o standard 9.5mm 2.5" SATA HDD with SSD option
o two Mini-PCIe expansion slots
o internal Bluetooth (many netbooks use a USB dongle)
o switch to disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
o traditional ThinkPad styling/materials
o butterfly keyboard? (never used one myself)
o no blue LEDs
o UltraBase-like dock for things like optical drives and perhaps
the ExpressCard interface
o PowerPoint out connector (called VGA out by some)
Your specs look very much like my X60s ;-). It is slightly heavier (1,2
kg) than a typical netbook, but with all the features you want to cram
into your netbook, I doubt it would weight less than 1 kg.
Cheers, Dominique
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