Digital Eye for the Analogue Guy
Base10 has his eye on a new laptop. Small is good. I was thinking about the Sony Vaio VGN-T250/L. It is lightweight, has intrinsic wi-fi and bluetooth, and is probably Linux compatible. The only knock is Sony's devotion to the Memory Stick.

There is however a new player in town. Toshiba just came out with a new Libretto. Althouh it is somewhat boxy in form (some suggested this was an homage to the original design), the Libretto U105 is a beauty. It is 7" by 8" by 1"--talk about tiny--and it has all the specs of the Sony. Also, I like the pointing stick. I hate touchpads. "J & R" has it available for $2099. (You know, it's really nice to have one of the best retailers for electronics right around the block from your job). We'll see how busy today gets.

Bear in mind, you probably can't do a full day's work on these things, but their portability trumps other concerns. The fact that you could carry this around anywhere enables true ubiquitous computing. You could even give up the PDA.
- posted by Base10 @ 2:18 PM