Laptop too heavy. Any suggestions?

[Dawn M. Kravagna]

Hi, everybody.  My laptop is too heavy to lug around for doing a quick 1/2 hour writing spree.  Any suggestions for a cheaper alternative?  I have a NEO, but the screen is small so that I have to do a lot of scrolling to review what I've written. Anyone out there using an I-POD Touch or Blackberry or similar compact electrical device to do some quick, on-the-spur writing, please?  I'd like to work on short stories when I have those unexpected times of waiting, but don't want to spend a chunk of money purchasing a 13" MacBook Air. Something that I could download to my Mac and not have to retype from a notebook.  Thanks for your responses!

[Bob]

Use a pen and paper, you're going to edit the first draft anyways which means retyping the majority.

[John Dishon]

Get a netbook, like an Asus Eee PC. You're unlikely to find something more portable an convenient than the NEO. A Blackberry or Iphone would work, but no keyboard (or a tiny one, definitely not as good as the NEO. I have an Asus 1000HE; 10" screen and great keyboard, not too small, doesn't cause cramping.

[Bob]

I must agree, if you need digital. They have dropped in price as well.

[John Dishon]

Also, since you use an Alphasmart NEO already, you can get other fonts for it. The link below is a download for more fonts, one of which is an 11-line font. Might be worth a try if you want more screen space.

http://www.alquanto.com/download.html

[J. E. Seymour]

I have an Asus Aspire One netbook. It was less than $300, I think they've gotten a little bigger and gone up slightly in price. It's great for carrying around. It's very lightweight, I can do internet on it, etc.

[Jon Loomis]

iPad.

[Dawn M. Kravagna]

Many thanks to everyone who answered back! I started the discussion before the I-PAD announcement came out, so I'm leaning in that direction. And thanks for the NEO fonts information! Take care!