http://www.locomotion-eu.org/2007/11/12/long-trips-on-european-rail-systems-are-ideal/ All things trains and locomotives in Europe Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.locomotion-eu.org/2007/11/12/long-trips-on-european-rail-systems-are-ideal/#comment-33 Matthew Slater Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:00:03 +0000 http://www.locomotion-eu.org/2007/11/12/long-trips-on-european-rail-systems-are-ideal/#comment-33 If you think that business users are the only ones wanting to use laptops you are very much mistaken. I wonder if this statement is made on the basis of market research or mere wishful thinking. I could spend endless hours on the train, even avoid flying altogether, if there were power supplies, but if power and wifi cost extra, on top of the extra cost of rail travel, and the extra time taken, and the extra hassle of booking, and changing trains, then its just one more thing to turn ordinary customers off the environmentally-less-damaging option. If you think that business users are the only ones wanting to use laptops you are very much mistaken. I wonder if this statement is made on the basis of market research or mere wishful thinking.
I could spend endless hours on the train, even avoid flying altogether, if there were power supplies, but if power and wifi cost extra, on top of the extra cost of rail travel, and the extra time taken, and the extra hassle of booking, and changing trains, then its just one more thing to turn ordinary customers off the environmentally-less-damaging option.

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