Coffee break- what’s being used in SBUX

By James Kendrick | Monday, February 25, 2008 | 1:11 PM CT | 7 comments | Tweet This

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So I’m sitting in SBUX and here’s what I can see being used:

15" MacBook Pro (with iPhone & Mighty Mouse)

17" HP notebook

15" Dell notebook

Almost every time I come to a coffee shop I see at least one 17" laptop. What’s up with that?

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Comments (7)

If you’re going to lug around a 6.4lb (15″ MacBookPro) laptop with all the accessories, then the difference to a 17″ (6.8lb) version is not so great…

I have a 14″ Dell for work, and with all the PLC Programming cables etc, I can barely lift the bag. A little extra on the laptop wouldn’t be so signigicant.

Any suggestions on a small laptop with a serial and PC Card slot would be appreciated – it would be cheaper than a chiropractor visit…

PJE — 7:36 AM on February 25, 2008 Reply
can you call at 17″ hp pavilion a laptop??? i think it’s heavier than a regular desktop.

Gonzalo — 7:38 AM on February 25, 2008 Reply
Nipped into a new Starbucks in my nearest city today, no notebooks on display, just a disappointing b speed connection.(Yes, I checked to see if someone was on a pda).

Philip Ferris — 7:47 AM on February 25, 2008 Reply
Hmm,Anyone seen a desktop in their Sbux?

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/02/25/mobile-desktop/

Josh Smith — 7:54 AM on February 25, 2008 Reply
hmm, i could have sworn i have read about a homeless guy that had scavenged together a desktop computer and was bringing it to the local bux to add entries to his blog…

turn_self_off — 9:42 AM on February 25, 2008 Reply
Yay, ink blog!

Re: 17″ notebook, perhaps it’s because that person has the notebook as their only computer. I would buy a 17″ notebook as a desktop replacement, and probably carry it around with me if I didn’t have other devices to use while I’m on the go (Nokia E90 and Nokia N810).

But even when I was using my Toshiba M200, I thought its size and weight were definite disadvantages.

Jezlyn — 5:31 PM on February 25, 2008 Reply
Hmmm, let me clarify. If I didn’t already have my iMac desktop, I would consider buying a 17″ MacBook Pro to use as my one machine for home and mobile, since I do photo and video editing/reencoding on my desktop, and would want a beefy notebook for these tasks. But since I do have a desktop, I would consider getting a MacBook (or MacBook Air if I had a $2.5k sitting around) as my mobile computer.

Or I’d keep on using my P1610, even though I’m trying to get away from Windows as much as possible.

Jezlyn — 5:37 PM on February 25, 2008 Reply