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- From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Powerbook, Price Club, pricing
- Message-ID: <00Fx03hv44Tp00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 22:17:02 GMT
- References: <lkingsley-150792125950@lkingsley.crd.ge.com> <gH7ZNB7w165w@mantis.co.uk> <NICK.92Jul22123239@vaila.ed.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
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- }The 140 is more solid physically, the bigger screen size is nice, the trackball
- }is better mechanically, it has two serial ports and Colour QD support. What it
- }also has is the bl**dy serial port hardware bug which doesn't seem to affect
- }the '100.
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- "Bigger screen size"? Compared to the PB100? I don't think that's correct;
- the 100 and the 140 have exactly the same screen; same size, same everything.
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- Gotta agree about the trackball, though. I love my 100, but the trackball
- is pretty wimpy.
-
- --James Preston
-