Re: [tlug] Almost perfect laptop

["Walter Hansen" <gandalf@example.com>]

> Dave M G writes:
>
>  > I think it's pretty cool. Has everything I need, and the price ain't
> bad.
>  >
>  > Except that a 800X480 screen just seems way too small.
>
> I agree: a Zaurus C-3xxx gives you 640x480, for about 7-man-en, and a
> much smaller form factor overall.
>
>  > The best laptops I've seen for weight and screen size are some of the
>  > Panasonic "Let's Note" series. But they come with a hefty 200,000 yen
>  > price tag.
>
> Screen real estate is expensive.  So is increasing function/gram.
> Case and webcams are cheap.  Keep looking, of course, but you
> shouldn't get your hopes up too high.
>
> Unless you're willing to wait long enough for 1024x768 screens to get
> cheap.

Is it really that bad there? I'm in the US and on my second $400 (40man
en) HP laptop. My new one is a AMD dual core. Both of them were 1280x800.