Last weekend I had a chance to speak at the annual meeting of the National organization of Science Writers in Palo Alto, Calif., on the subject of laptops. And what many of the attendees wanted to know was whether a low-cost Netbook would be a

fair purchase for someone whose occupation requires not only frequent travel and note-taking at meetings but additionally countless hours composing at the keyboard.

The short reply: not unless you have a desktop waiting for you at your home office. You’ll find the longer reply, along with my recommended writer-friendly laptops, after the page break.

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Orginal post by Michelle Thatcher