Rodent Regatta

For a friend who just became a reader of this site, I’m doing a bit of homework on current ultraportable or subnotebook offerings from the top manufacturers of such products. His (and my) requirements for a product in this class include:

• runs Windows XP Professional
• more concerned about portability and less about typing
• more concerned about browsing and email and less about processing power
• PDA browsing just isn’t there yet, so the product needs to offer more conventional browsing and email while being very small
• to the extent that many desktop features are present, so much the better

Here are the candidates:

• Sony Vaio V505b – 1.32”-1.38” X 10.9” X 9.54”
• Toshiba Portege M100 – 10.6×9.8×1.2/1.3
• Sharp Actius MM10 – 9.9” x 8.2” x 0.54” (min.)/0.78” (max.)
• Fujitsu P5000 – 10.27”(w) x 7.80”(d) x 1.55”(h)
• NEC Versa E120 Daylite – 10.6”W x 8.7”D x .87”H

What other products or manufacturers should a mobile professional be considering? Is it time to give serious looks at the table PC’s for truly mobile computing? Maybe Peter’s got some answers over at Gizmodo.

Here’s a link to the category at Gizmodo that covers laptops/notebooks. Also, here’s the PDA link.

As always, your help and advice is welcomed!