karen
02-01-2006, 01:26 AM
I'm looking for some advice.
I will be travelling to the Middle East and India for 3-4 weeks in February. I currently own a PPC and a humongous HP zd7000 17" luggable notebook.
I need to work during this trip, but I also hope to do some tourist stuff. I don't see carting around my 10 pound monster of a laptop during that time.
But I also don't see going ultra light and just depending on my PPC. I do sometimes travel for the weekend with just my Audiovox, but I always know that a safe PC is nearby. I don't think I can count on that for my trip. I have used Terminal services to reboot a server, but anything more and I'm pretty much too frustrated to use that tiny screen.
I own 3 working laptops and they are all giant desktop replacement things that don't transport well, so I was thinking of picking up some ultra light laptop, either something really tiny like a Toshiba Libretto or one of the tiny Sonys. The only problem is that being in Canada, I can find the Libretto but no other very small laptops.
The other hitch is that I'm in Calgary this week, so I was hoping to purchase this expensive thing here where there is no PST. I can wait, though, for my return to Toronto and pay the extra 8%, but I really don't want to unless I have to.
I've been to Future Shop and Best Buy in Toronto, but they have only the Libretto and some 15" laptops.
I won't really have time to order anything from the States because I can't count on anything clearing customs in time. It is possible I could order something and drive to the US to pick it up, I guess.
So I'm looking for advice on what brands and models I should be researching as well as what retailers I can visit in Calgary or Toronto to purchase something.
Oh, and Jason, if you have some review item that fits the bill, I'd love to cart it all over the world to test it out..... :lol:
I will be travelling to the Middle East and India for 3-4 weeks in February. I currently own a PPC and a humongous HP zd7000 17" luggable notebook.
I need to work during this trip, but I also hope to do some tourist stuff. I don't see carting around my 10 pound monster of a laptop during that time.
But I also don't see going ultra light and just depending on my PPC. I do sometimes travel for the weekend with just my Audiovox, but I always know that a safe PC is nearby. I don't think I can count on that for my trip. I have used Terminal services to reboot a server, but anything more and I'm pretty much too frustrated to use that tiny screen.
I own 3 working laptops and they are all giant desktop replacement things that don't transport well, so I was thinking of picking up some ultra light laptop, either something really tiny like a Toshiba Libretto or one of the tiny Sonys. The only problem is that being in Canada, I can find the Libretto but no other very small laptops.
The other hitch is that I'm in Calgary this week, so I was hoping to purchase this expensive thing here where there is no PST. I can wait, though, for my return to Toronto and pay the extra 8%, but I really don't want to unless I have to.
I've been to Future Shop and Best Buy in Toronto, but they have only the Libretto and some 15" laptops.
I won't really have time to order anything from the States because I can't count on anything clearing customs in time. It is possible I could order something and drive to the US to pick it up, I guess.
So I'm looking for advice on what brands and models I should be researching as well as what retailers I can visit in Calgary or Toronto to purchase something.
Oh, and Jason, if you have some review item that fits the bill, I'd love to cart it all over the world to test it out..... :lol: