You're arguing that a laptop is essentially unusable in a mobile capacity without a spare battery, spare power adapter, and USB mouse? Funny, our salespeople do it all the time. With current models hitting 5+ hours of battery life, none of those are -essential-.
Yes, it is a minor point that we've spent too much time on. Most people just have a really absurd view of what is "needed/necessary" and what is "optimal/nice-to-have". Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j maccraw > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 6:50 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack > > Laptop implies mobile, which makes all of those > "absolutely necessary". > Whatever, too much thought on too small a problem T. > > > Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > > Perhaps the reviewer considers those items to be > "essential" to a > > serious laptop user. For example, if you travel and > use a laptop > > exclusively...they might be essential. > > > > Thane Sherrington wrote: > >> At 07:58 AM 03/01/2007, j maccraw wrote: > >>> Certainly they are essential! > >> > >> Dictionary.com disagrees: > >> es.sen.tial > >> -adjective > >> 1. absolutely necessary; indispensable: Discipline > is essential in an > >> army. > >> > >> The laptop would function fine without any of > these. That makes them > >> non-essential. Very nice to have, perhaps. > Extremely useful. But not > >> essential. > >> > >> T > >> > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
