[geeks] Wish lists

[Ken Hansen]

Married women don't carry their own baggage...

You mean Mr. Bill makes you drag your 11 pound laptop around? <ducks>

As for the Libretto, I *still* get comments when folks see me using it at lunch - "Is that a real computer?" "I've never seen anything like that...", "Where can I get one?", and, of course, the kicker - "Why did they stop making them?"

I only know three people that own Librettos, and one was a casual conversation on the Metroliner going into Washington DC. He used a PCMCIA extender to allow him to use a type III PCMCIA hard drive with his L50 - that was how he transfered data from his Libretto to his desktop machine...

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: amy [mailto:nospam at frenzy.com]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:01 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] Wish lists




Ken Hansen wrote:
 
> I (like you, IIRC) was quite fond of the Librettos (I have an L50 and an L110), > but the burgeoning Carpal Tunnel Syndrome pain i my right wrist was caused, I > think, by the pointer in the L110...

yup. although my libretto was sold about 8 months ago (to some guy on
aol...ebay auction, was badly strapped for cash) i still miss its
usefulness and ability to be stuffed in my jeans pocket. in my opinion,
the librettos are still some of the most functionally cool toys out
there. i've gone through carpal-tunnel before (switched desks, 1/2" of
height difference gave it to me for a year) and it just plain sucks :/.

> The Thnikpads are nice, some are *real nice*, but too expensive when *my* money 
> is involved...

i hear that. fortunately, we traded an extra 21" sun trin for it. it's a
nice little p2/300 stuffed with ram and speedier than my desk machine
(held together by duct tape, voodoo, and bailing wire). :) the biggest
problem i've encountered with it it the weight factor. it's an 11 pound
monster and isnt fun to cart all over the place. 

--a
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