And I'd call a computer with 2 hours of battery runtime a desktop with a UPS. :) I jest. That said, I think the Dell is okay in terms of connections. There's s

And I'd call a computer with 2 hours of battery runtime a desktop with a UPS. :) I jest. That said, I think the Dell is okay in terms of connections. There's seemingly half a dozen video output plugs at the moment, including one that's been around since 1952[0]. I'd rather buy 4 adapting cables than have more than one video out on a subnotebook. Getting data on/off seems easy: there's wifi, there's 3 USB ports for everything else[1]. Spinning (optical) disks? Really? Might as well put a LTO tape drive in there. I'd have like Ethernet, too, but in those cases where you're most likely to need it (at home, in the office), it's easy to stash an adapter. [0] I'm not even kidding. http://www.dansdata.com/gz061.htm http://www.dansdata.com/gz061.htm [1] Also bluetooth. And there's an SD card reader, if your development process includes taking photos. External optical drives are like, 20 bucks.