From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Portable emacs devices Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:47:47 +0200 Message-ID: <48B2F043.3020508@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219686508 7944 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2008 17:48:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Richard G Riley Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 25 19:49:22 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KXgBq-0004oC-2z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:49:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45487 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KXgAr-00050H-JB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:48:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXgAV-0004zz-D8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:47:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXgAT-0004z4-89 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:47:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42071 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KXgAT-0004z1-4P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:47:53 -0400 Original-Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.212]:43520) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KXgAT-00051d-5z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:47:53 -0400 Original-Received: from c83-254-151-176.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.151.176]:62529 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KXgAO-0008LF-5S; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:47:51 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080825-0, 2008-08-25), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.151.176 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KXgAO-0008LF-5S. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1KXgAO-0008LF-5S 8e60411cf0f23a6fc21135836221dfe9 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:56967 Archived-At: Richard G Riley wrote: > I wonder if anyone here can recommend a portable emacs device? My > current laptop is too big to drag around when I cycle tour. All I really > want is emacs as an authoring system but clearly wireless etc would be > beneficial if its a light, robust laptop we are talking. I would prefer > Linux as the OS underneath and have been considering the EEE but some > funny business with the batetry capacity have caused me to rethink. > > http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/24/uk-asus-eee-900s-come-with-stunted-battery-longer-warranty/ > > But basically a full keyboard emacs device is all I want, preferably > with a USB port for later transfer of org files to my main development > machine. The impression I have got is that there is a shortage of battery producing capacity at the moment. It also occurs to me that there are new better alternatives to the one you shown, with bigger keyboard and screen, but not heavier.