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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Subject: Re: Info on notebooks
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.005121.15248@panix.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:51:21 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.143939.15747@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
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- In article <1992Jul21.143939.15747@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> goluska@echo.egr.msu.edu (Che Goluska) writes:
- >I am in the market for a notebook and have pretty much narrowed it down.
- >I am after a 386,at least 20 MHz, 2Mb memory and at least 80 Mb Hard drive,
- >FaxModem would be nice, and I need a VGA output port, about $2500 or less,
- >street price.
- >
- >I would like more information (opinions, too) on these machines or any
- >suggestions anyone might have. Specifically, if someone has one of these
- >or one close I would like to know: how quiet it is-I need to use it in a
- >courtroom--silent, how good is the keyboard (layout and feel), and any
- >general gripes about any of the machines or companies.
- >
- >Dell 320N+, Grid 1660, Epson NB-SL/25, Micro Express NB2500.
-
- How about the Toshiba 3300SL?
- 386SL, 25 MHZ, 2 MB RAM, and 80 MB hard drive for $2550 street price.
- Has mouse and VGA ports. Under 6 pounds. True suspend/resume. 3 hours
- flat out battery life BEFORE POWER MANAGEMENT. 386SL Super Sleep mode.
- Removeable NICKEL HYDRIDE battery- **NO MEMORY EFFECT**. Recharge: 2.5 hrs.
- Flash EPROM BIOS - 20 second upgrades! Good keyboard layout/feel
- Battery gas gauge BUILT INTO THE BIOS. 16/32 shade VGA greyscaling.
- Credit card modem (2400, no fax) and memory slots.
-
- ONLY gripe : mouse port poorly located (right edge near front, just
- in front of the disk drive).
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