A thinkpad R62 with a 9cell main battery and a 3 cell ultrabay battery can run for 12+ hours. It adds a good amount of weight though to get the larger batteries, but it is doable and it isnt all that expensive.

Well aren't there developments in battery technology already? I remember reading a article a few weeks or months back where they created some lithium battery that had several times its current capacity or charge.

The only problem is getting the cost cheap enough to sell to people.

I'll bet you that those who are saying "I don't get it" have never lugged a 17" Macbook pro through airports twice a week. Add in my nearly 40 year old spine with a ruptured disk and this thing looks pretty good to me.

David

In that case your spine would be wanting an Asus Eee: it weighs a whole pound less than the MB Air.

Thanks but no thanks... While the Asus is a quite capable machine, I want something commercially supported that I do not have to screw with to make work. I want -n wifi and bluetooth without a soldering iron. I want a screen with enough pixels to see a full page of text without squinting or scrolling.

For me the N800 + bluetooth keyboard + host cable is better than the asus. If I am going live with that little screen real estate, it should fit in my pocket.

David

here is a pic of my older notebook, 2 usb 2.0 ports, ethernet, b/g wireless, and i modified it with bluetooth and ssd. i love it. and only 1.98lbs too. i should note that it is .78 inch thick at thickest point.

I want a laptop with a 13.5' projection screen! What hardware are you used to, anyway?!?

Yeah, I know it's way back in the thread. But I couldn't help myself when I saw the '/" slip.

Higher resolutions:
http://www.eeeuser.com/2008/01/11/yo...768-1280x1024/

You don't have to solder that stuff in. Only if you want it internal. Otherwise dongles work fine. (There's really two counterpoints: One is you use BT all the time (!?) and a dongle is unacceptable. The other is that dongles are annoying and it's worth $1300 to not have to put up with them. Both are silly.)

Wow, nice "high res" screen there. Kind of like how the iPhone gives you "the full internet"(except you can only see a quarter of it, and as long as there isn't flash or java).

That is just a hack that doesnt work and results in a grain ugly image. The eee is gimped by its crap LCD and battery and given how they have jacked up the price, the limitations are unacceptable. It is worth $200, but at $400 It should at least have a 1024x768 display. And its not like a better, larger LCD wont fit, the LCD bezel is about 3 yards thick.

Edit: sorry for being a bit negative. Not trying to bash the eee.

Sure ya were, but everyone's allowed. It definitely wouldn't be my choice of main machine but the roadtrip I just went on with it was any indication, it's great for travelling or sitting on the couch.