对于电器产品,我喜欢这样来定义“便携性”:小到不需要行李箱、结实到从六英尺高掉到人行道上也摔不坏。绝大多数便携式PC达不到上述两项要求。回想自己对蜂窝电话、收音机、测量设备的使用方法,我对现在便携机产品时尚的“台式机替代品”趋势感到担忧。的确,台式机替代品的目标是让我们可以在不同的工作台上工作,但我还是宁愿在出现问题的地方工作。记得在一次音乐会的开幕式上,舞台上的一支灯管罢工了。于是我就站在一把梯子的顶头,嘴里叼着一把手电筒, For electrical products, I like to define “portability” as small as not requiring a trunk, and falling sharply from six feet to the sidewalk. Most portable PCs do not meet these two requirements. Looking back to my use of cell phones, radios and measuring devices, I was concerned about the trend of “desktop replacement”, a fashionable portable device. Indeed, the goal of desktop replacement is to allow us to work on different workstations, but I’d rather work where problems arise. I remember at the opening ceremony of a concert, a lamp on stage was on strike. So I stood in the head of a ladder, his mouth dangling a flashlight,