The twenty pound portable computer

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Dell’s twenty pound XPS M2010 leads Dr. Dave and Evil Steve to question whether the industry has rediscovered the luggable computer. They compare its folding screen and leather handle with the old Compaq Portable, remember the sturdiness and weight of early machines and wonder whether an expensive device that needs its own tray still counts as portable.

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Proposed recording date: 2006-06-03. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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