pnelson
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I take several longer trips each year on my ST and I always take a laptop with me. This year I bought a new one and found what I think is the perfect laptop for motorcycle touring. It had to be small (11.6 in screen) and rugged with a long battery life. I also wanted something faster than the slower Intel Atom based netbooks. For close to $1000 the Mac-Air is a nice option but I wanted something under $300. The Lenovo Thinkpad X140e is what I got and I'm very happy with it. It gives me 6-8 hours of battery life, is plenty fast (with additional 4gb of ram) and it even has an always live USB port that will charge my phone. Upgrading the ram is super simple via a port on the bottom of the laptop. On the road I use the laptop to run Basecamp with my Garmin GPS and to check email and do work from any McDonalds with their free wi-fi. You can get a $12 bag with good padding that fits perfectly.
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$256 on Amazon >> http://amzn.to/1wmuk7R
4gb extra memory for $39 >>http://amzn.to/1uvuczP
$12 for a laptop bag >> http://amzn.to/16efTKH