Airship uav maybe.

It all depends on what she is going to do with it, if it is to sit on her desk (or occasionally be used on the sofa) for graphic designing or something, then a more powerful cpu and bigger screen will come in handy. But this has nothing to do with me, if you want to debate it write to them.

author: "i would like to know a good 4wd for my sister"

me: "the toyota land cruiser is a good 4wd for x and y reason"

you: "the toyota land cruiser is a stupid car you should buy a ford focus it's made of steal but weighs less than the land cruiser that uses lots of alloy"

me: "thats not a 4wd but if you want something smaller and easier to park the toyota cammry or even echo also does a good job"

you: "the toyota land cruiser is a stupid car"

Ok great so it seems you haven't got anything against lenovo; just bigger screened, heavier, more powerful laptops. Which is fine everyone is entitled to an opinion, but why are you telling me. Why not start your own post telling the author of this story the specs he and his sister came up with are stupid. Unless you bring an orange to my table or you let me take an apple to yours, we aren't going to be able to make a proper comparison (because the size and power ratio is user preference and requirements).

why isn't the x1 carbon a good laptop, because it's not running osx , because it's balck not silver, maybe because it's an extra 2 mm thicker, or is it because it has more power and longer battery life

http://shopap.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/auweb/LenovoPortal/en_AU/builder.workflow:Enter?sb=%3A000000AD%3A00000525%3A&smid=2331781DDEAA69918104AF82946DF781

I can't believe you wrote so much while saying so little, how about some dates, models and specs. If you bought an underpowered thinkpad it's your own damn fault, cause almost every model has about 5 different cpu options. My 5 year old x220s still kicks ass due to it's desktop processor, and battery life is better than any mac due to it's 9 cell battery option (you should check it out it's available for most models). Also i said you didn't need to spend $2000. The comment above mine seemed to think the only option was a $2000 apple, my thinkpad option was 900 and filled all of the desired specs of mr jakooistra.

good job at saying screw oranges, go eat an apple. I was only showing a good computer that meets the criteria of the story (everything he asked for is there). If you want light weight, thin, and small the thinkpad x1 carbon comes in at 3 pounds and packs more horsepower.

Sure the keyboard isn't as nice to type on as my x220, but it's just as good if not better than the macbook and it's still spill proof. Plus since it's for a woman she may appreciate the aesthetics.

Your comment sure makes it sound like you wont get a good computer unless you put down 2 grand on an apple. Personally I would recommend lenovo, the thinkpad series is tough, customisable, good support, good warranty, good specs, and a much more tolerable price. For example the new thinkpad edge e530 with the new 3rd generation intel ivybrdige cpu i7-3612QM (22 freaking nm), 2gb nvidia graphics card, up to 16gb of ram, 15.6 inch screen at 1600x900, optical drive, win 7 64 bit, all for only $899 of the australian lenovo site (strangely i couldn't see a ssd option which they almost always do, but the op could set that up himself for $250). It's more than capable of whatever gets thrown at it and you have 1100 dollars left.

I was talking about the decision they 'the scientist' made to use stereo cameras on the rover destined for the moon instead of a laser range finder. Also as Im sure they have tested their system on earth (they aren’t going to wait till 2014 to see if the cameras work) so the rover has been used in the past tense.

I'm sorry for not explaining my question in greater detail, i assumed any one that could answer my question would know what i was on about due to the huge troubles associated with putting the mapping tech anywhere but the rover (if it was on earth then you would have to broadcast the map back to the rover essentially being in the same position as if it was non autonomous).