I actively use three computers: my office computer, my home computer, and my laptop ( ACER Travelmate C300). The firs two I love (as much as one can love a computer) but the third is driving me crazy. I almost exclusively use it when I travel (mostly to conferences) and the damn thing weighs a ton (actually, 6.3 lbs). I bought it thinking that I wouldn’t care about the weight, but after three years and roughly 20 trips later, I am regretting my decision.

So now I’m thinking of upgrading to a new, lighter, laptop. The problem is that I’m on a pretty tight budget.

Here’s what I want:

1. Light (< 3.5 lbs)
2. Small (< 13” display)
3. Powerful enough (needs to run XP, Photoshop, Power Point, and Flash (development) at the same time…without dieing)
4. Built in optical drive (DVD reader…don’t need a burner)
5. VGA out
6. Relatively long batter life (> 3 hours)
7. Inexpensive (< $1,000)

Other than that, I don’t care.

I’m currently looking at the Fujitsu LifeBook S2210, but don’t know if it’s right for me (especially since it is more expensive than I’d like at $1,300 for the base model and the battery life sucks at 2.25 hours).

I prefer new laptops, but something refurbished might not be so bad.

Any and all suggestions are eagerly accepted.

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