Comments on: Via trots out mini notebook, mobile motherboard

Taiwanese company, trying to up its market share, unveils tiny NanoBook, plus hardware for smart phones.
Photos: Via's little mobos

[wilswong]

Working Even When Spending time with Kids?

Churning out smaller notebooks is good so that it can take away more time away from your family? Come on!

I am for smaller notebooks with acceptable 7-10" screens to bring along while working...but definitely time to reclaim some sanity from work!

[kmomrik]

Good thing!

Personally, I would rather have an ultramobile PC and be able to be away from my desk more (aka @ with family) than have a larger laptop that requires me to take time away. If I could have a PC with me at all times and not have to come to the office, wouldn't that make more time with your family? (even if it gets interrupted by work every once and again, you'd still be spending time with family as opposed to being away at the office)...

Your moment of Zen...

[nextcube]

Not sure that was their point...

I think they were referring to carrying the notebook around to copy pictures off of your digital camera as opposed to "doing work" while "home with family". That said, your point is still quite valid - the balance between work and home is awfully difficult to establish and UMPCs are likely to make it more difficult to maintain - look at all the people who respond to e-mail on their Blackberries while on vacation. But hey-if we feel the NEED to assign laptops to all of our school children (I'm not sold on this idea, by the way, and I work in IT) why not a $600 super-mini rather than a $1000 standard notebook?