Showroom laptops can be misleadingly light...
A few years ago, I was wandering around various retail parks, looking for a new laptop. Since I wanted to use it while travelling, weight was something of a concern, but all the laptops I saw were surprisingly light.
It took me a while to realise that this was because Currys/Dixons/PC World/Comet/whatever all remove the battery in their display models, presumably to cut down on theft and/or minimise power-cycling the batteries. The fact that it also halves the weight of the laptop when people are playing with them was just a fortuitous coincidence...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
