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Travelling With Tiny Laptops - 5 of the Best |
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It's the
time of year when people converge on airports like herds of
stampeding water buffalo, seeking that holiday abroad to recharge
the batteries and spend quality time with friends or family. It
could be argued that bringing a laptop on vacation defeats the
purpose of a recovery period, so unless you have an urgent
project to complete it's best to leave it at home. However if you
really must have a portable pal along with you forget bringing a
desktop replacement. Carrying 7-10 lbs of hardware along with
clothing, toiletries and the inevitable souvenirs is tiring -
instead go tiny. Here are 5 mini laptops that will fit snugly in
a case or backback and won't put your shoulder out of
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The Sony
VAIO VGN-TXN27N is less than 1 inch thick and weighs 2.84 lbs
which is under 1.3KG. This tiny Vaio is recommended by adventurer Timothy Ferris, who can squeeze 15 hours of battery life out of this puppy with an extended battery pack. Until laptop fuel cells are released on the market that's about as good as it gets. It's powered by an
intel core solo processor, has an 11.1 inch screen with an
anti-reflective coating to make viewing easier in bright
sunlight.
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With it's
piano lacquer finish this Q2010 Lifebook is arguably the most
attractive of the 5 wee ones on our mini laptop list. It weighs
just 1 kg, is 18 mm thick and has a form factor the size of a
sheet of A4 paper. A 12.1 inch wide-screen display is easy on the
eyes and an integrated fingerprint reader adds an extra layer of
security.
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If anyone
kicks sand in your face while you are relaxing on Bondi beach, at
least you don't have to worry about damage to this laptop. It has
been awarded an IP-54 rating for dust and humidity, making it
suitable for use in enviroments far harsher than those
encountered on the Italian Riviera. Tipping the scales at less
than 1KG, with a miniscule footprint of 4.3 by 6 inches, the
Gobook's display is the smallest of this bunch, just 5.6 inches
wide.
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This is the
big boy of our 5 tiny notebooks weighing in at a relatively beefy
1.7KG. You get a hard drive of up to 160 GB, a powerful dual-core
64-bit processor and a 12.1" screen. This Ferrari 1000 notebook is
compatible with Acer's ezDock, which is an interface that
supports 24 ports to connect external keyboard, monitor, printer
etc
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This small
notebook is only 9.25 x 6.1 x 1.22 inches in size, and tips the
scales at 1.2KG. The screen is 8.9 inches and a swivel hinge
opening clasp allows a user to operate the laptop like a a tablet
pc. The heartbeat of the ultraportable Flybook is a Transmeta Crusoe 1GHz
processor, you also get a 40GB hard drive.
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By Todd Gold - Laptopical Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
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