Hmm yes battery life would be important to me. The mini dell claims over 7 hours battery life though I doubt that is the case when doing anything but running the screensaver :-)
Vostro sounds good but for the size. Thanks for the info I'll keep looking On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Wallace Turner <wallacetur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bec, disclaimer, the Vostro has guts (for its weight/price) but its battery > life is *poor*. > > I have used it at work connected to a 23" HD monitor with no issues but on a > plane trip you'll be lucky to get 2hrs of dev work in. > > mostly i use it plugged in so is not an issue for me personally. > > On 4/05/2011 7:42 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: >> >> Most of the "mini" machines have a pretty cramped keyboard. I would not >> use it for dev work (or any serious typing). The screen resolution tends to >> be low as well. >> >> Powering an external, high res monitor can be painful, depending on what >> sort of graphics chip it has. >> >> For skype/web browsing etc, no problems using one of these things. For >> more serious work, I'd get something a bit larger with a bit more oomph. The >> Vostro V13 mentioned earlier is a pretty good tradeoff. All depends on your >> budget >> >> Cheers >> Ken >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] >> On Behalf Of Bec Carter >> Sent: Wednesday, 4 May 2011 7:23 PM >> To: ozDotNet >> Subject: Re: [OT] Lightweight laptop for dev and demos >> >> Anybody here got a notebook mini? Dell mini 10 or HP 10? What do you think >> of them? >> I need something with a web cam for Skype, wireless card obviously and >> *maybe* a tiny bit of dev here and there - these minis seem to meet system >> requirements for vs express versions. >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Grant Maw<grant....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Very true. >>> >>> I took mine on a site visit one day and one of their mobile guys >>> laughed at me, and informed the rest of the group that my M1730's >>> power supply was bigger than his computer! >>> >>> Our power bill has dropped $20 since I stopped using it. >>> >>> On 6 April 2011 11:26, Stephen Price<step...@littlevoices.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> 3.5Kg is light!! >>>> >> > >
