Ok, I'll revisit this one last time. From experience, these options are necessities. Not in the sense that the laptop stops functioning but in the sense that it becomes hard to use the laptop in both home & mobile uses with major hassles & money loss.
Until I got a spare PSU I'd find myself either willing to chance dying mobile rather than get on the floor under my desk & unplug the it because it was a bitch to get out and to put back later. Batteries may last longer per-charge today, but they have a longer overall lifetime if used in pairs because you can run them same as single w/o deep-cycling them thus preventing premature wear out. Mouse I would concede with the poke of let's see you use a trackpad for more than 15 minutes. They are a real PITA but OK, you could go without lugging a usb mouse. Sometimes optimal vs. unnecessary is defined not by absolutes but by mitigating factors of everyday life. Greg Sevart wrote: > 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 > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
