got rid of the crappy 1.8 hd, SSD now. Pens are pricy, tho

There aren't enough bars to solve this issue.

Go disposable as others have said men in space are political not science. Man rated hardware just costs too much. Not that I don't love the right stuff. Large dangerous machines that go fast are needed.

F1 is exactly what we need to be launching now. SRBs also can lift some weight, relative cheap also. The basics still apply. You have to get it up there before you can do anything else.

Ya gotta have the throw weight to do anything in space. Orbital braking and fuel depots are cool but mass into orbit rules. We need to develop a really big booster so all the boys can orbit their toys. I did not see this addressed in any of the cited articles. I want a big booster first. Then we can play with the finesse stuff.

did not deserve flamebait. on topic and erudite.

no diss on the russians, they are superb in making things work. I did aerospace and I know we have brilliant resources. It's so sad that we are no longer a viable space player. Men and machines made us, I cry when I go to Dayton and touch Apollo.

I agree...
In my job as a construction superintendant, many times in the field I have to pull up a 3D archectural rendering of some minor construction detail or finish illustration.
The ability to set the machine up in seconds and display the detail in question can be a real labor, money and timesaver.
The large screen allows quite a few people to see everything easily at once and the large storage capacity lets' one store a lot of CAD files.
I currently use a large screen Acer laptop in this capacity, and I would seriously consider this one as a replacement.
BTW, 17 lbs is NOTHING compared to some of the equipment I have to lug around, and yes I always have AC power available to juice up.

Oh, and for the anti-SUV/ big truck crowd, some people NEED their cargo capacity. I do agree that anyone who does not and drives one is a POSER.