Bigger is not always better.
All sorts of companies have been gradually manufacturing cutesy little objects, and especially gadgets, that have a tendency of baffling consumers.
We have the mini credit card that you can easily hang from your keychain in accompaniment with your home and car keys, (it’s quite probable that its purpose was to become a great motivator not to lose your keys).
Having worked as a front office agent for some time, these credit cards made their presence known on several occasions. If it weren’t for the keychain, the itty bitty tiny card would have quickly disappeared into the slot used for swiping.
Of course we now have the iPods that continue getting smaller, and not to mention shorter.
The iPod shuffle for instance, can easily be clipped to your clothing and makes it ridiculously easy to be on the move as well as listen to music. You wouldn’t have to worry about some clunky object in your pocket or even the concern that it might fall out so you find yourself checking to see if it’s still there every five minutes.
My favorite little guy is the laptop.
Sitting in one of my classes a few years ago, a classmate sitting across from me had pulled out this incredibly small laptop. How convenient! It was about 12 inches and you could just slip it right into a tote or backpack and be merrily on your way. It was my first laptop and to this day it still works incredibly well. It definitely makes room for needed textbooks.
Nothing would have prepared me for what my eyes saw about a week ago.
Getting off of the elevator on the second floor at the University Union in Sac State and headed to my first class of the day, sitting as discretely and inconspicuous as possible, on a table in front of a student was an extremely small laptop. It could practically fit in the palms of two hands.
The student told me that it was called ASUS and that she had bought it off of Amazon.com for a little over $300.00. That’s right $300.00!!
Being a very curious individual and wanting to learn more, a quick search on Amazon game me all the 411 on this mini device.
The going price on Amazon is $334.99, but there are only four currently left in stock.
Its display is only 8.9 inches and it has 16G and 1 GB of RAM and weighs in at a little over 4 pounds. Only two colors are offered, black or white.
This particular laptop is primarily used for easy access to the internet and definitely useful for people constantly on the move. You won’t have a lot of the applications that come with a normal laptop. It is on the other hand affordable and it not only fits in a tote, but it could even fit in a purse!
A four and a half star rating out of five was given by other people who purchased this particular item.
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WTF! How do we keep writing about the same stuff?!?! Haha! I think it's a sign. Great minds think alike.
BTW good luck finding any netbooks like that in stock anywhere in Sac. Best Buy only carries one kind, I think Circuit City had one, and everywhere else (including Fry's!) was either sold out or didn't carry any.
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