The good folks at Southwest airlines are giving you another reason to buy an Ultra Mobile PC. Since they can’t squeeze any more leg room from between the seats, they are reducing the angle at which the seat reclines. The Wall Street Journal has the report today, but the story requires a subscription. If you’re a subscriber, the link is here.
The key quotes:
“It was impossible for a customer to use a laptop behind someone who had reclined fully in a seat that allowed four or 4.5 inches of recline,” said Linda Rutherford, a Southwest spokeswoman.
Now you can use that normal laptop all bent over in the Lurch position since your seat won’t recline as much. This is not what they meant by Origami people!
And then there’s:
“I’ve seen laptops break when seats come back fast,” says Gary Taggart, a frequent flier from the San Francisco area.
I can honestly say that I’ve never seen a UMPC break when the seat comes back too fast. A nice 7 lb laptop IS useful for bashing the guy in front of you over the head with.
(That last comment was a joke. Please don’t hit me with your laptop when I recline.)
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