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Comment by twiceaday | Hacker News Reader

2.6 lb tablet... And people think the iPad is too heavy.

Where did that come from... Did you read the article?

"All devices will have a diagonal screen size between 10.1 and 11.6 inches, weigh between 520g and 1200g, and be between 8.35mm and 15mm thick. On the low end, 520g and 8.35mm would be considerably thinner and lighter than the iPad 2/3 and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Presumably the 1200g/15mm form factor is a laptop."

1200g = 1.2kg = 2.2 lbs/kg * 1.2kg = 2.6 lbs

[edit: HERP! I need to read the article more closely. Near the end of it, it does say that the larger values are presumably a laptop.]

If you don't read the article, at least read my comment ;)

Windows RT laptops? That'll work really great...

Where did you get 2.6lb from? By converting 1200g which the article explicitly says is probably a laptop?

The relevant part of the article:

All devices will have a diagonal screen size between 10.1 and 11.6 inches, weigh between 520g and 1200g, and be between 8.35mm and 15mm thick. On the low end, 520g and 8.35mm would be considerably thinner and lighter than the iPad 2/3 and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Presumably the 1200g/15mm form factor is a laptop.

Both of you really need to add emphasis to "Presumably the 1200g/15mm form factor is a laptop" part. It's the most important part of that blurb and completely miss-able/indistinguishable from the rest of the less important, already read details.

Still, don't you think it's a bit disingenuous to pick on the upper part of the range and totally ignore the lower end of the range? One could easily write a comment on the same lines, "Wow, just 520g, and you thought the iPad was light".

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