Having a portable development environment is incredibly handy, and if there's a startup that can pull this off, I'll be thrilled.
I recently bought a netbook, because I'm doing quite a bit of travel, and I still wanted to be able to work on http://newsley.com while I was on the road. So, I purchased a 9 cell battery, juiced the RAM on it and installed Windows 7. Between the 9 cell battery and the original battery that came with the netbook, I get around 14 hours of compute time. It's been enough to allow me constant use during a trans-Atlantic flight. It's also light enough for me to not mind carrying it around in a small satchel when I go out and about. I find myself taking it with me more often than not, if I know I'm going to have down time somewhere. Small portable development machines are a great idea.
I recently bought a netbook, because I'm doing quite a bit of travel, and I still wanted to be able to work on http://newsley.com while I was on the road. So, I purchased a 9 cell battery, juiced the RAM on it and installed Windows 7. Between the 9 cell battery and the original battery that came with the netbook, I get around 14 hours of compute time. It's been enough to allow me constant use during a trans-Atlantic flight. It's also light enough for me to not mind carrying it around in a small satchel when I go out and about. I find myself taking it with me more often than not, if I know I'm going to have down time somewhere. Small portable development machines are a great idea.