You have run into laptop maker's dirty secret - bright laptops require way to much power to run off a battery. You'll need to consider specifically asking for rugged or daylight readable laptops, which are not terribly common or cheap. A few pro photographers use regular laptops on their shooting gigs with hoods over the screen to occlude daylight. It's not common to see transflective LCDs (that use the daylight to brighten the display) larger than 4-8 inches due to the materials and engineering. Most daylight readable LCDs 12" or larger simply use very bright backlights, which require a lot of power and output a lot of heat - both enemies to compact laptop design. I think panasonic's line of rugged laptops have brightness ratings. But for the most part, consumer laptops are abysmally dim. Good luck! -Adam On 6/4/07, Vitaliy wrote: > For some reason, I'm having difficulty finding specs for screen brightness > for different laptops. I'd like to find a small laptop, with a screen bright > enough to be used outside during daylight (ideally, in direct sunlight). > > Any suggestions? > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moving in southeast Michigan? Buy my house: http://ubasics.com/house/ Interested in electronics? Check out the projects at http://ubasics.com Building your own house? Check out http://ubasics.com/home/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist