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What's The Perfect Balance For a Budget Laptop?
cheapbob writes "Recently HP officially unveiled a budget ultraportable laptop aimed to compete with the likes of Asus Eee PC. According to Compal, one of Dell's assemblers, Dell is also going to enter the budget ultra-portable market soon. All of these devices lack many of the features associated with larger-sized laptops, such as optical drives and large amounts of storage space, yet demand for them is very high. Initial reviews of these devices unsurprisingly expose them to be underpowered and lacklustre. What's the appeal? What do you think is the perfect balance of features and price point for a budget laptop?"
PowerBook G3 Pismo. Still the best balance of ergonomics, battery life, and performance.
Too bad it can't run Leopard.
Am I part of the core demographic for Swedish Fish?
I'm betting his job sucks so bad that the 4 hours of commuting is the part of the day he looks forward to the most.
My engineering job allows me to live 8 minutes from work, and the mortgage is doing fine. It's good to live in the flyover states. Real good.
I think I'd rather flip burgers than waste over half of my free time per day in a commute. Or more realistically, one could just get a smaller house, or rent an apartment, rather than trying to live above their means by commuting 4 hours a day.
Your post is currently modded +5 funny, but I don't think it's funny at all but I would rather it was rated +5 insightful. I think your comments should be taken very literally and it scares me that anybody would think that ANY job is worth wasting 4 hours a day of your life commuting to. They should either get a new job, or move closer to their job. I think the grandparent poster probably has their priorities wrong.
My programming job allows me to live 1/2 hour from work (walking - a bike, cab, or public transport would be faster), and my mortgage is also fine. It's good to live in a major city on the east coast.
I can't fathom why someone would travel 2 hours each way, every day, just to get to the place where you work. Maybe it's cheaper, but aren't the minutes of your life worth more than saving a few bucks? Even if you worked in NY you could find a reasonable (relative to the payscale and market) place to live that's 30 minutes away.