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( [82.66.231.76]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm1625240fge.3.2008.04.20.04.21.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:21:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <67A3F6C6-B778-49DD-8201-68FF8B66AA35@uni-bonn.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:40536 Archived-At: How about the MacBook Air?=85 It is some 1300 grams (but indeed more expensive). Best regards: OK On 19 avr. 08, at 11:42, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > Dear all, > > maybe this is off-topic, but I just wanted to tell you about my > experiences (and sorry if this sounds like a sales pitch, it isn't!). > Since I have a fairly long commute to work, I spend a lot of time on > the train and like/need to do serious work there. When you have to > schlepp it almost every day, a normal laptop seems pretty heavy after > a while, that's why I got me one of those eeepc thingies. Its tiny > screen and small keyboard scream "I'm just a mobile device, not a > replacement for a real computer," and it's not the fastest machine > around. However, my joy is great whenever I stuff the little thing in > my bag and lift it. > > I got the 8GB variant. To do work, I always want all my documents with > me (so I can easily sync my entire Documents directory between work, > home, and laptop) and, of course, my TeX installation. My texlive- > texmf tree now is 1.6 G, so I needed a bit more space than the 4G > model offers (models with larger screens and hard disks will be > available soonish). It has a SDHC card reader, so I copied my > Documents and the TeX installation to the internal disk (a SSD) and > have my linux installation on a card from which I boot. With a shell > script, I set the $PATH so I can mount the internal disk and run > ConTeXt off of it. Everything works wonderfully. As I said, it's a > slow machine, so you don't want to compile very long documents too > often, but it does run every flavor of ConTeXt. I often prepare my > presentations on the train, and this works great: I have the > environment to which I'm used for editing the source files (emacs + > ConTeXt) and a pdf viewer open in another workspace. This setup is one > of the reasons why I prefer a texlive installation to a minimal > ConTeXt tree: that way, I have to maintain it only once and can sync > it between my computers. So whoever has to travel a lot: I find it > wonderful to have such a small and light computer on the road. > > All best, have a nice weekend > > Thomas > > > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an = > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-co= ntext > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________