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David Moss wrote:
> In article <4283400a_1@news.iprimus.com.au>, info@petermount.au.com 
> says...
> 
>>Hi
>>
>>With anybody trying to start up a small business using
>>J2EE and chasing clients is it a good idea to spend
>>extra and buy a laptop instead of a desktop? I've had
>>differing opinions on this.
> 
> 
> Depends on your audience.
> If you take a high end laptop along for a demo you can impress them.
> You can achieve a similar effect with a memory stick nowadays too.
> 
> I have both.
> 
> My laptop is the fastest I could buy with 2Gb of RAM, an 80Gb hard drive 
> and an extra high capacity battery. It blows the socks of most of the 
> hardware my clients have installed and will run all day without the need 
> for external power. It impresses people. Thats important sometimes.
> 
> I also have the JRE installer on a USB memory stick, along with a 
> collection of .jar files and sample data that make up various 
> applications. I stick it in *their* hardware and do a demonstration that 
> impresses. With this method the question of whether it will run in their 
> environment never arises. A suitable USB memory stick costs less than a 
> hundred dollars.
> 
> Anything that can't read a memory stick shouldn't be running J2EE apps 
> anyway but I have a floppy disk with W98 drivers for the memory stick in 
> my kit so that isn't a problem either. W95 users and below are living in 
> the stone age and need more than my help.
> 
> So, by all means buy yourself a $5k laptop *if you want one*.
> But if money is tight a hundred dollar memory stick stick will do the 
> trick too.
> 
> David Moss
> personal opinion only
> 
> 
> 
> 

Hi

Thanks for the tip. I wouldn't have thought of that myself.

Have a good day

Peter Mount
info@petermount.au.com