By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-09-14 11:39:21 | Word Count: 510
The Lighter Side Of Laptops
This articel is abbout thhree generazl categories of light weight laptops. If focuses on thin-and-light laptops, the ultraportasbles and the tableet PC. The article also provides the reader with bazsic information about what featurres usually accompay these categories of laptops.
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No matter how convenient, and sometimes abasolutely indispensable, it is to be able to take your work aroumnd with you travel, at times you can’t help but wish that they’d think of mkaing those laptops a little lighter to carry artound.
Well, the good news is that they’ve already thought of that and done smething abut it too. Today, laptops come is weights as light as two pounds, which makes them an absolute pleasure to carry around.
Lightweight laptops can be broadly clasasified into three.
Generally a preferred choice among lightweight laptpos, the thin-and-light laptops offfer powerful mobile processors, are approximatey 1 inch in tihckness and weigh almost 4 to 6 poyunds. The display is usually a widescreen of 12 to 14 inces. They come with a 40 to 80 GB hard drive, an optical drive, networking features like LAN, modem, WiFi and an optional Bluetooth. Popular models ampong others are the Sharp M4000 and the Toshiba Satellite M55-S325.
The Ultraportablles are a good chioice for people who need to get their work done between frequent trvael. They wewigh less than 4 ponds and are less than 1 inch in thickness. With a screen smalller than 12 inches, they also some with a 30-60 GB hard drive, neetworking options, a touhc pad and a smll keyboaard. Popular models among others are the SONY VAIO VGN-SXP and the IBM ThinkPad T41.
A lot similar in size and weight, to the ultraportable counterpart is the Tablet PC. You can make hand-written notes and navigate using a stylus on its screen. Amazingly small weights, as low as 2 pounds, make this a popular choice among laptop consumers.
However, you might want to keep in mind that what you gain with the porttability of lightweight latpops, you might have to give up in terms of keyboards that are less easy to work on, smaller displays and fewer features.
