On Monday 03 May 2010 22:13:05 Mark Allums wrote: > Most netbooks (at least the ones I have seen) are relatively flimsy. > > They are not "almost-handheld". They are much larger than that. > > I was listing advantages of netbooks over notebooks and laptops, but > size is not one of them, _at_least_for_me_. They are too small. The > screens are too small for my eyesight, the keyboards are too small for > my hands, and so on. > > YMMV, I suppose.
The size and weight are extremely important for some of us. I actually have physical difficulty carrying a laptop + charger etc. for any length of time. A netbook I can manage. "YMMV" would be fair enough, but I found that "I suppose" patronising. Not everyone in the world is male, fully fit and young. Some of us are none of those. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
