Portables

A nice thing about using portables is the ability to have a copy ready to go with all of your extensions, settings, bookmarks, etc. intact if you have to do a fresh O.S. install. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They live crammed in portables with tons of others, in highly unsanitary conditions. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At the summit, most of the portables were a mix of Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems. ❋ PhysOrg Team (2010)

Pilcher said the portables could be the solution and that more space is needed, even if the portables compromise the aesthetics of the campus. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It lies on a street filled with idling day laborers, and operates out of worn trailers or "portables" over a decade old. ❋ Unknown (2009)

During the peak of the Baby Boom the whole country was throwing up schools like crazy, then putting "portables" behind them to hold the overflow. ❋ James Killus (2008)

Today’s so-called portables are still tied by an umbilical cord to the computer and a broadband connection. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The state, as well as a number of local kindergarten advocates, have also argued Hudson won't need school additions or "portables" because existing schools already have enough classroom space for the roughly 270 kindergarteners expected to enroll this fall. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With visions of their two daughters, Mackenzie and Katarina, spending years in temporary "portables," they were determined to change things. ❋ Flo Tonelli (2009)

Delving into business enterprise became a worse idea when the iPhone proved it could bring complex web apps to mainstream portables. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It certainly reflected the interest in using computers for audio, but by this time a whole new generation of MP3 portables had appeared on the market, giving Sony a big corporate headache. ❋ David Julian Price (2011)

The MZ-1 was the size of a paperback book and consumed 4W, meaning it ate batteries; unlike the slick cassette portables of the day. ❋ David Julian Price (2011)

Clever memory buffers were built-in to make the portables 'shock proof', unlike CD Walkmans of the same era. ❋ David Julian Price (2011)

I have used the GMRS portables (and I did get the $75 license; I'm on my second 5 years) and here on the coastal plains of NC they work OK but as been stated previously, far from the claims of the advertising. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Français · Japon: La loi dit non aux téléphones portables pour les enfants à Ishikawa ❋ Unknown (2009)

The least expensive Mac laptop is $999, while a few stripped-down Windows portables can be had for under $300. ❋ Walter S. Mossberg (2011)