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- From: karches@utdallas.edu (Tom Karches)
- Subject: Re: P.C. notebook vs. powerbook
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.033325.356@utdallas.edu>
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- References: <4214@equinox.unr.edu> <Bs4u42.BtC@well.sf.ca.us> <1992Jul30.014711.28450@bnr.ca>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 03:33:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul30.014711.28450@bnr.ca> davev@bnr.ca writes:
- >In article <Bs4u42.BtC@well.sf.ca.us>, tswift@well.sf.ca.us (Theodore John Swift) writes:
- >|>
- >|> > I was planning to spend $2000 on a high powered clone notebook.
- >|> > However, I'm constantly being encouraged to get a powerbook.
- >|> > What can I get in a Powerbook for $2000?
- >|>
- >|> Well, you can easily get a Powerbook 140 4/40 for that much- they're
- >|> running about $1600-$1800. This is a 68030 processor running at 16 MHz,
- >|> with a built-in 1.4 MB floppy drive. Apple claims that the 140 "outperforms
- >|> all 16 MHz or 20 MHz 386 laptops running Windows 3.0", for what that's worth.
- >
- > I've heard (and seen) that Windows 3.0 is slow.
- >
- > Personally, I prefer to use the GEOS operating system, or the
- > package with the applications called GeoWorks Ensemble. It's
- > lean and mean, and runs fast on my 286 machine!
- >
-
- I agree with Dave wholehartedly. GeoWorks Ensemble gives me the GUI speed
- and snapiness that I am used to on my Macs on my 25MHZ 386. BTW my Macs
- are 16MHZ 68000 based.
-
- This Mac user gives GeoWorks 2 thumbs up. Makes a PC almost usable ;-)
-
- Regards,
- Tom Karches
- karches@utdallas.edu
-
- >---------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Dave Villeneuve, davev@bnr.ca | Anata no ninhongo wa jozu desu ne!
- >Bell-Northern Research, JAPAN | Iie, mada, jozu dewa arimasen!
- >My opinions are my own, though please don't quote me on that.
-
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- Tom Karches |"If rap music had been around when I was a kid,
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