wow.. - Lograh — LiveJournal
Wednesday, 09.Jul.2003
11:54 - wow..
got the new Dell laptops in Monday.. I just opened the box of one and looked it over, first impressions:
*DAMN* small. think Ibook size. about the same weight, also, if not a little lighter.
The keyboard (still not full-size, damn laptop keyboards) is just about the entire width of the body. This is a good thing. I hate laptops that have all that wasted space.
Dual mouses, trackpad and nipple. It's nice to have the option.
*HOT* as all get-out. I'm seriously considering doing a test to see if I literally can fry an egg using it. I thought the Ibook was hot, but this baby makes the Ibook feel like a fridge. Obviously this is not something you'll want touching your lap.
We have some schwanky new Toshiba laptops here that are about small-iBook sized, though I don't recall them being quite so toasty as a leg-frying Dell. Lovely things :)
For myself, I actually enjoy trackpads. So much so, in fact, that I went and bought one *waaay* back and used it with my desktop computer instead of a "normal" mouse.
The new Gateways are also about the same size. Slightly thicker, but otherwise equivalent.