Professor Elam

I happened to wander into a Staples yesterday and there is was, finally. Acer has delivered on the long awaited promise of a real portable laptop. Yep, it weighs a mere 2.1 lb, sports a Gig of ram and a whopping 120 gigs of hard drive so you can run the real professional version of windows, not that crummy dumbed down won't work with the school version of professional. It has a 8.9 inch screen and yes the keyboard is actually big enough for my big hands to use.  And no the transformer does not weigh as much as the computer, add a wireless mouse and you are set to go. Yes it is wireless, has a built in camera, and even a multi use slot for camera cards. And now the best part

a mere $349 bucks. IN the day of the $200+ iPod this is the answer to portable computing. And at this weight I could carry it in a book bag to the AAA meeting in Okla City. I would certainly not want to carry my 15 inch screen Del with its anchor weight transformer and I would not leave it unattended in the hotel room.  This is the way to go. Stop at a Staples and take a look, gee a computer for the price of two or three textbooks.