From: Mike Capone (drgrant_at_ziplink.net)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 17:36:02 EST
I agree, but it's really the airlines who are at fault for providing
tiny seats and trays, as well as seats which promote the crushing of
TFT screens. I imagine it is just the airlines trying to piss us all
off so we will pay the premium for the extra 2 inches or whatever it
is you get in first class.
IBM made some new kind of flexible TFT technology, and this would work
great on a plane. Just pull the screen out from the laptop, and attach it
to
the headrest of the seat in front of you with a tack/clip or something.
This way
if the kid in front of you that likes to play with the seat decides to push
the
seat back it won't actually crush the screen, but just make it flex a bit.
If I had to fly all the time, I would take along a TP 240 or 570.... but alas
with either of these you have to leave something behind, but is better than
not having anything at all.
At 04:53 PM 3/2/00 -0500, Allan Ballard wrote:
>The other day I flew cross country - Atlanta/San Francisco, then
>returned a few days later.
>
>I put an extra battery in my TP760XL so as to be able to work as
>long as possible.
>
>But it was da*n near impossible to work at all.
>
>Why?
>
>Because the tiny footprint of a TP 760XL *barely* fit onto
>the pull-down tray on the seat in front. Finally, I abandoned
>the tray, and actually used my lap.
>
>I think IBM has a HUGE untapped market for top-line machines
>with a small footprint -- all the power of today's machines, but
>smaller.
>
>Still glad I took the unit, as it DID do its job, and worked fine
>on the return.
>
> Allan Ballard
>
>
>
>
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