Slim isn't all there is to it: calculate your Full Gadget Ratio™

Devin Coldewey

Devin Coldewey is a Seattle-based writer and photographer. He has written for the TechCrunch network since 2007. Some posts he’d like you to read: The Dangers of Externalizing Knowledge | Generation i | Surveillant Society | Choose Two | Frame Wars | The User’s Manifesto | Our Great Sin His personal website is coldewey.cc. → Learn More

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010


I love when something comes out, let’s say the MacBook Air, and everyone crows about how thin it is. Great, it’s thin. But that’s not the whole story. It still takes up the same footprint in your bag, still has the same size screen, and so on — now it’s just that much more likely to snap in half. This chart, by Rosscott Inc., presents a method for determining the true impact of a gadget on your livelihood.

The final figure will be in smug-feet.

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