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The Optical Disk is Dead
My recent travels had me wishing for a lighter bag—that implies a smaller laptop—or no laptop. I’m not ready for the latter, but I’d be happy to give up the optical drive on my laptop to get it. I never use it on the road. I’m willing to plug one in for the rare cases where I use it. I’m ready to jettison optical drives on all portable computers.
Posted by windley on December 6, 2007 4:13 PM
Comment from Fazal Majid at December 6, 2007 6:53 PM
I certainly hope the rumors of an Apple ultralight turn out to be accurate. IBM and Toshiba used to offer the option to replace the useless optical drive in a laptop with an extra battery or hard drive. Unfortunately newer, thinner and more integrated laptops don't have room for this kind of modularity.
One ultra-lightweight configuration that I find quite effective is a Niko N800 with an Apple Bluetooth keyboard (and the N800 has 2 SD slots instead of the N810's annoying mini-SD, one of which is non-removable). I have yet to cross-compile jed (emacs clone) on mine, and gcc would not be available for it, but python is. It doesn't hurt that the combo costs less than $400, even when combined with a Waterfield Designs bag for the keyboard.
Comment from Bart Stevens at December 7, 2007 2:16 AM
Phil,
They say the new apple laptop will be 50% less think then the current powerbook. Price will be set at 1500 USD.
Let's see if steve will pull this out of is hat in Jan.
Cheers
Bart
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