Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 04:50 PM 07/01/2007, j maccraw wrote:
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.
I've been using laptop for slightly over two years with a single
battery, power adapter, and touchpad. I do a lot of work, and this
configuration has never let me down. Now I can imagine situations
where these additions would be a necessity, but they are very specific
and generally unusual (from the Consumer Reports average reader's
standpoint.) So yes, you have a point that in very specific
situations these extras become essential but if one is going to do
that, then the sky's the limit. Consumer Reports is a magazine aimed
at the average casual buyer - not the hard core user, who already
knows what he needs. So in this case they are wrong and they are
misleading their subscribers.
T
1) you cannot assume that because you use your LT a lot that you use it
the same way as others who travel a lot do. Do you travel a lot? Your
needs are dictated by not only how much you use it but also by how you
use it and how you PREFER to use it. I think the reviewer simply has
different notions or sensibilities than you do.
2) Consumer Reports is targeted to the consumer....and some of those
consumers may not be so average in all ways. Some may look to CR to
save time. The term "essential" as used in the article is just a typical
misuse of a word....but this is commonly done in language to day. I
consider, in this case, "essential" to mean "recommend" or something to
consider strongly. I think way too much is being made of this point.
