The only site I'll ever need...

[Saul Goodman]

Yeah, the thing is though, I'd like something that would be more portable than the laptop, but doesn't need to be as burdensome as the laptop.  Mine has a 17 inch screen and is a beast to transport.

If I could use the iPad on the road for general browsing, email, and some light word processing, it'd work for me.

Sounds like the iPad then.  I think you'd be better off getting the Apple Wireless Keyboard and a good configurable case (so you can set it up widescreen or portrait whenever) instead of the keyboard dock.  If you'd like internet on the road, go for the 3G version.

I will check it out tonight at Best Buy.

Thank you, all.

You know they make laptops in form factors between a 17" and a netbook, right?

You can get an excellent 14" laptop that would be super mobile and would have a keyboard.

Just sayin'.

Define "super mobile".

[Oleg]

I have made an important discovery.  If you are persistent and press the back arrow enough times you can get stuff that Andy wrote as far back as 2004.

Ummm...have you tried the 'Archive' link?

[CBStew]

I have made an important discovery.  If you are persistent and press the back arrow enough times you can get stuff that Andy wrote as far back as 2004.

Ummm...have you tried the 'Archive' link?

Why would I want to do that?

[Oleg]

I have made an important discovery.  If you are persistent and press the back arrow enough times you can get stuff that Andy wrote as far back as 2004.

Ummm...have you tried the 'Archive' link?

Why would I want to do that?

Because Carlos Zambrano is awesome?

[Gilgamesh]

Just got back from Best Buy.  Tried out the iPad.  I really like the functionality of it, as well as the quality of the build.  It seemed very sturdy.  The typing, I believe, is a bit hyped up.  After an initial learning curve I was able to type at a reasonable pace, with relatively few errors.  A veritable HUEYBOARD it is not.  The lack of a USB port is a concern, but I'm not looking at this thing for high-level word processing.

The only decision now is to either go with the 16 GB version with or without the 3G.  I think I'd be okay without the 3G, but who knows.

[thehawk]

Just got back from Best Buy.  Tried out the iPad.  I really like the functionality of it, as well as the quality of the build.  It seemed very sturdy.  The typing, I believe, is a bit hyped up.  After an initial learning curve I was able to type at a reasonable pace, with relatively few errors.  A veritable HUEYBOARD it is not.  The lack of a USB port is a concern, but I'm not looking at this thing for high-level word processing.

The only decision now is to either go with the 16 GB version with or without the 3G.  I think I'd be okay without the 3G, but who knows.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/ipad-camera-connection-kit-has-hidden-usb-capabilities.ars

A USB Port is available, although a bluetooth keyboard is probably the cheaper option.  As for the 3G its kind of a question of how far you want to stray from McDonalds and Starbucks

[CBStew]

I have a wild animal problem.  They shot and killed a mountain lion in downtown Berkeley three days ago.  That is not my problem.  I just told you that to get your attention.  My problem is a raccoon.  Last week when I was getting my bike out of the basement I almost stepped in a present he had left for me right out side the basement door.  Mrs. Cubbieblue told me to sprinkle chili powder around there.  Perhaps it worked, because day before yesterday he left a similar present one flight up on the welcome mat on our deck.  So I sprinkled chilli powder at the base of the stairs leading to the deck.   This morning we found another present on the not so welcome anymore mat.   So, Desipiots, I need help.  Please don't tell me that killing the mountain lion is my problem after all.  I am not sure that having a neighborhoood mountain lion is the best solution, but I gave it some thought.  

[J. Walter Weatherman]

I have a wild animal problem.  They shot and killed a mountain lion in downtown Berkeley three days ago.  That is not my problem.  I just told you that to get your attention.  My problem is a raccoon.  Last week when I was getting my bike out of the basement I almost stepped in a present he had left for me right out side the basement door.  Mrs. Cubbieblue told me to sprinkle chili powder around there.  Perhaps it worked, because day before yesterday he left a similar present one flight up on the welcome mat on our deck.  So I sprinkled chilli powder at the base of the stairs leading to the deck.   This morning we found another present on the not so welcome anymore mat.   So, Desipiots, I need help.  Please don't tell me that killing the mountain lion is my problem after all.  I am not sure that having a neighborhoood mountain lion is the best solution, but I gave it some thought.  

Looking back, the lion was a bad idea. That's why Dr. Shakalu is gonna hook us up with a monkey. I'm gonna teach it taekwondo.

[Slaky]

I have a wild animal problem.  They shot and killed a mountain lion in downtown Berkeley three days ago.  That is not my problem.  I just told you that to get your attention.  My problem is a raccoon.  Last week when I was getting my bike out of the basement I almost stepped in a present he had left for me right out side the basement door.  Mrs. Cubbieblue told me to sprinkle chili powder around there.  Perhaps it worked, because day before yesterday he left a similar present one flight up on the welcome mat on our deck.  So I sprinkled chilli powder at the base of the stairs leading to the deck.   This morning we found another present on the not so welcome anymore mat.   So, Desipiots, I need help.  Please don't tell me that killing the mountain lion is my problem after all.  I am not sure that having a neighborhoood mountain lion is the best solution, but I gave it some thought.  

Looking back, the lion was a bad idea. That's why Dr. Shakalu is gonna hook us up with a monkey. I'm gonna teach it taekwondo.

We'll go to the loony bin together, I don't give a fuck.

[powen01]

I have a wild animal problem.  They shot and killed a mountain lion in downtown Berkeley three days ago.  That is not my problem.  I just told you that to get your attention.  My problem is a raccoon.  Last week when I was getting my bike out of the basement I almost stepped in a present he had left for me right out side the basement door.  Mrs. Cubbieblue told me to sprinkle chili powder around there.  Perhaps it worked, because day before yesterday he left a similar present one flight up on the welcome mat on our deck.  So I sprinkled chilli powder at the base of the stairs leading to the deck.   This morning we found another present on the not so welcome anymore mat.   So, Desipiots, I need help.  Please don't tell me that killing the mountain lion is my problem after all.  I am not sure that having a neighborhoood mountain lion is the best solution, but I gave it some thought.  

Looking back, the lion was a bad idea. That's why Dr. Shakalu is gonna hook us up with a monkey. I'm gonna teach it taekwondo.

We'll go to the loony bin together, I don't give a fuck.

Alex: Where is your monkey?
Dante: He's upstairs putting his nun-chucks away.

[ChuckD]

I have a wild animal problem.  They shot and killed a mountain lion in downtown Berkeley three days ago.  That is not my problem.  I just told you that to get your attention.  My problem is a raccoon.  Last week when I was getting my bike out of the basement I almost stepped in a present he had left for me right out side the basement door.  Mrs. Cubbieblue told me to sprinkle chili powder around there.  Perhaps it worked, because day before yesterday he left a similar present one flight up on the welcome mat on our deck.  So I sprinkled chilli powder at the base of the stairs leading to the deck.   This morning we found another present on the not so welcome anymore mat.   So, Desipiots, I need help.  Please don't tell me that killing the mountain lion is my problem after all.  I am not sure that having a neighborhoood mountain lion is the best solution, but I gave it some thought.  

Here's what you have to do. You take a hollowed-out log and you drill a 3" diameter hole in it. You take a bunch of nails and you pound them in around the hole so that they're angled inward. Put a bunch of them in there. Take some tin foil and stick it inside the log. Racoons love shiny stuff. They'll stick their little paws in the hole to grab the tin foil, but when they try to pull it out....BAM! Nails all up in their ass (paw). You'll find a tuckered out raccoon in the morning. Sprinkle some chili powder on it and kill it with a shovel. That's what I call "Good Eats®."

[CBStew]

I heard raccoon was greasy.

[ChuckD]

I heard raccoon was greasy.

It's not that greasy. It's like dark chicken meat. Although, the longer it struggles in the log o' death, the gamier it will be when you cook it. You may want to rig up some sort of rudimentary alarm system. Perhaps a string attached to the foil which is hooked to a bell via a system of pulleys?

(This may or may not be true. I've never technically "eaten" raccoon meat.)

[Bort]

I heard raccoon was greasy.

It's not that greasy. It's like dark chicken meat. Although, the longer it struggles in the log o' death, the gamier it will be when you cook it. You may want to rig up some sort of rudimentary alarm system. Perhaps a string attached to the foil which is hooked to a bell via a system of pulleys?

(This may or may not be true. I've never technically "eaten" raccoon meat.)

Chuck D wasn't eating. He was making love.

[ChuckD]

I heard raccoon was greasy.

It's not that greasy. It's like dark chicken meat. Although, the longer it struggles in the log o' death, the gamier it will be when you cook it. You may want to rig up some sort of rudimentary alarm system. Perhaps a string attached to the foil which is hooked to a bell via a system of pulleys?

(This may or may not be true. I've never technically "eaten" raccoon meat.)

Chuck D wasn't eating. He was making love.

You weren't there, man! YOU WEREN'T THERE!