Comments on: The Notebook Airline Test

By: WiL

WiL — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:28:33 +0000

Also a close contender is the Asus N10 J series.. 10.2″ display, full sized keyboard, battery life depends on the application you’re using. If you’re thinking of watching a DVD during the flight, you will have to bring an external CD/DVD drive. You may have guessed, with a display that small there’s no room for a built-in drive. One word though, portability. It’s, I see it, for people on the go.

By: alvin

alvin — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:12:29 +0000

Try a eeepc 1000HA with a 13000mah battery. I have made it good for 8:58 hrs of continuous use with wifi or 9:30hrs without. Trip from sydney to singapore. It tips the scales at 1.5-1.6kg though.

By: Bearcat Jack

Bearcat Jack — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:32:37 +0000

Maybe wait for the new Ipod Touch to come out in early 2010. Rumors are that it will be the size of a Kindle, with a touch screen, all the iPhone Apps, and the ability to read books with the Kindle software, etc. Depending on the hard drive capacity, may be able to watch movies, etc.

Personally, I use the HP 2133 Mini-Note, 8.9″ screen, with 2G ram and 120G harddrive. I use a bluetooth mouse, and a 500G LaCie external mobile “Little Drive” which holds all my files and movies. In addition, I use an 8G SD card for
MS Office, 2 map/GPS programs, and a lite CAD design program. All this is tiny, fits really nicely on an airline tray, has a great screen, and 6hrs battery life. I travel with 2 batteries for long flights.

Larry
Seattle, WA.

By: titanium_geek

titanium_geek — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:47:24 +0000

For portable computing, small is definitely popular. There are many macbook 13 inchers that come out at uni (mine is one of them) but I still find that I get “eee-nvy” looking at the tiny little net-books that seem so light and small!

If it was in the budget, netbook = WANT.

By: Bearcat Jack

Bearcat Jack — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:47:32 +0000

Consider one of the new netbooks for airline travel. The HP 2140 Mini-Note, with aircraft aluminum case is great size, great screen, and 93% of regular keyboard size. The Samsung N120 has a full size keyboard, 8hr battery life, and great ergonomics. I also like the Lenove S10 ato round out my top three choices, buth the new Dell Mini a close contender. Wt. is between 2 and 3lbs, so really great for airline frequent fliers.

Seattle, WA

By: mattb

mattb — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:01:49 +0000

I’ve got a HP tx1000 and it’s perfect for planes. 12″ rotatable touch screen means you can face the laptop away from you, rotate the screen 180 degrees and sit it at a nice angle for viewing. Not so good for typing though. Still it’s better than having your screen crushed when the person in front of you decides to recline their seat. Almost saw my friends screen snap in half because of this.