[plug] Word97 vs Openoffice

[Bernd Felsche]

On Saturday 28 August 2004 16:01, Brad Campbell wrote:
> Chris Caston wrote:

> > Perhaps that would explain it. That is one of the other excuses I give
> > for avoiding laptops in favour of a decent desktop + well synced PALM
> > pda: the speed of the HD.

> Perhaps, but you can't spend 12 hours on an aircraft editing a 250 page
> proposal or writing code on a PDA, nor can you use it to carry around all
> your remote recovery/rescue software/systems.

You're *sick*.  A 250-page proposal?  I spend upwards of an hour per
page drafting proposals.  Writing a proposal that'd be worth upwards
of $25,000 is just stupid.

The job would have to be worth at least a million bucks.

One can of course write programs on a PDA. One can write 250-page
documents on a PDA. One can store gigabytes of recovery software on
compact-flash (or microdrive) that plugs into a PDA.

> I need a laptop to do what I need to do, and I need a laptop that
> will support 12 hours on the go so it can't be a power hungry
> desktop replacement that would make OOo acceptably fast.

Wait for the Athlon-64 mobile laptops... they can sleep between
keystrokes.

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