To Shanghai and beyond!

We (Sanna and I that is) are going to leave to Shanghai today, and continue to Singapore for the festive season. We have been busy packing everything, checking that everything has been packed and double-checking that everything worth checking for has been checked. This took best part of yesterday and the day before yesterday. Also, some housekeeping was needed to allow graceful homing after the exhaustive trip.

Some things are still not packed, as I need to do a few computer related items still today. This entry is one of these tasks.

I have a sort of dilemma with selecting the best laptop for the trip. Currently I’m writing this on my desk and I’m surrounded by three laptops: Apple PowerBook 12″, IBM X40 12″ and Sony Vaio PCG-TR3 10.8″.

IBM has the best battery coverage, over eight hours — yes, it has an extended battery that protrudes from the back. But it doesn’t have enough applications or data, and it’s owned by my employer. Apple has second best battery, over three hours — but it’s the heaviest of the bunch and currently it doesn’t have my files there. It also lacks PC Card slot for my camera. So, I’ll end up with the tiniest system that has my files and applications. Unfortunately, it has the worst battery coverage and US keyboard that lacks one key compared to Finnish one.

We’ll be back in Helsinki on 31st, so there might not be that much of activity in the blog during the trip. This depends, of course, on the availability of wi-fi access points and activity of comment spammers. I’ve decided to leave the comments open and trust that the Spaminator will take protect my assets.