"(Pete Cresswell)" <> wrote in message
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> Was wandering around Circuit City and Best Buy today looking at these
things.
>
> Looks like what I want would be in the 7-10" size.
>
> What I saw was about $400-500 for something that will play a DVD, but not
do
> much else and which has about 2-3 hours of playtime in the battery.
>
> Walked over to the laptop computer area of Best Buy and saw 15 or 17"
name-brand
> laptops for under a thousand.
>
> Made me wonder what's available in the laptop line to somebody who would
be
> happy with a screen even smaller than 15"...
>
> I'm thinking terms of a "travel companion" here...and having
MusicMatch/MP3's
> and something like DeLorme StreetAtlas or Microsoft MapPoint on the thing
as
> well would seem to outweigh the increase in size.
>
> Any thoughts on laptops or notebooks with screens of 10" or even
less...that
> will also play a video DVD?
In most laptops you won't get much longer than 2 hours battery time playing
a DVD. Also, most laptops these days have TV out so that you can hook it up
to a reg. TV, much like the small portable players you're looking at.
I travel a lot and need a laptop. Buying a portable one in my case would be
redundant. However, if you're going out of town for less than a week and
don't need access to a computer, the portable DVD-screen players is probably
more than adequate. But for a little more, people would be better off
getting a laptop I suppose.
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