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    Kind of a weird question, but kind of important :)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by firstwave, Oct 14, 2006.

  1. firstwave

    firstwave Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry** if this is the wrong place.

    How heavy is a pound exactly? I mean I know it's 453 grams, but is there a more intuitive way to describe it... like 5 pillows or something lol... I kind of want to know the difference between say 5.1 pounds and 6.6 pounds so I could decide which laptop to buy before I buy it. It saves the trouble of returning it.

    Thanks :)
     
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    A gallon of milk weighs about 8.5lbs. Can you judge from that?
     
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    1-2lbs may not sound like alot, but with the acessories, books, etc. it adds up very quickly....
     
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  4. firstwave

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    Which is why I want to know the exact weight of 1 pound so I can decide which laptop is too heavy for me :)
     
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    what i do when i have to ship something out through ebay and need to estimate the weight is to compare it to bags of food. I mean packaged food like spagetti, where the weight is on the bag
     
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    You know, just take some books with you, and just use the weight scaler.

    Simple.

    JC
     
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    firstwave Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I don't know many people who have precision scales at home... my scale does not detect weight unless it's more than 5 pounds.

    The food idea is good though.
     
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    firstwave: weigh yourself on the scale with the books, then weigh yourself without. Subtract, and you get the weight of the books.
     
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    Weight does not give the full picture. 1 lb is not that much, it all depends on whats the appilcation. Go to a computer store and handle the laaptops to see for u'r self.
     
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    Carry around a 5lb bag of sugar, then carry it around with about 2lbs of butter on top of it. You'll notice a difference. ;)
     
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    When you go below 6lbs... every 1lb feels a "lot" lighter. Well it does to me anyway... Not only that but bigger+heavier laptops may have bigger & heavier power bricks which can add another 1/2lb ;)

    For example if I didn't care about the size of laptops I wouldn't find any difference between a 17" 8lbs monster and 9lbs elephant but if you're talking about the difference between 4lbs and 5lbs then there is a lot. I would put the 4lbs and below in the "ultraportable" class and around 5lbs in the "thin & light" category. :)

    I'm thinking of going even lighter with the Panasonic Y5 (3.37lbs) yet still have what I call a usuable day to day 14.1" screen.

    If you already own a laptop then there is a good way to test it. I use to remove the optical drive bay (if supported) and the battery pack which equates to about a pound or more. You can then "feel" the difference. The only problem I found was me thinking "wow wouldn't it be nice if this is the total weight"... "I need something lighter"... :lol:
     
    ez2remember, Oct 15, 2006
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