Well connected family holidays
August 11, 2008
Some of us like to switch off from anything that has circuit board or chip in it when on holidays. While some of us just can’t do with out our mobile phones and laptops while on family holidays.
So if you’re the later, you may want to make sure that when you are travelling with the family you carry a light and durable laptop which does not comprise your ability to get on with reading emails, surfing the web, updating your spreadsheets or just organising those family holidays snaps on the fly.
The new era of ultra mobile laptops is fast becoming a travellers new best friend and is just as important as the camera inside the backpack. With all the big PC makers bar that of Toshiba now offering ‘netbooks’ , “ultramobile”, “tiny notebooks” , “Student Notebooks” etc. Which are designed for web surfing and other basic applications. Lenova has also just announced that they are entering the game with a low cost laptop priced to be around $400.
The following list are 5 hot family contenders to consider when looking for ultra mobile laptop.
- Acer Aspire one
- Asus EEE PC 901
- MSI WIND
- HP 2133 or
- Dell Mini Inspiron
- Keep your eye out for the Lenova ‘Netbook’
Read a great review of these product - Good things in small packages - Reviews - Laptops - Digital Life - theage.com.au.
Reasons to why you would carry a laptop on holidays
- Share and update your family blog of your Holiday stories.
- On the fly, research family activities online for your family holiday.
- Purchase tickets to family events online
- Review and change airline and other transport details
- Allow your family to stay connected to the world while travelling.
- Review, load Pictures to your facebook or myspace pages.
Reasons to why you woud not carry a laptop on a family holiday
- Risks of carrying a laptop theft, damage etc
- Family arguments on who gets to use the laptop.
- Limited access while travelling to internet connections
- Extra luggage to carry.
Would you travel with a laptop while on holidays with family or is this just asking for trouble? Leave your comments on the argument for or against.
I would have thrown a MacBook into that list, especially to get video and photos in quickly from any camera lying around without the need for specific drivers.