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- From: jiu1@husc11.harvard.edu (Haibin Jiu)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
- Subject: Re: Dell 320SLi specs (WAS: Dell 320SLi, "yea" or "nay"?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.195637.19757@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 00:56:36 GMT
- Article-I.D.: husc3.1993Jan24.195637.19757
- References: <Richard> <Nixon> <1jg3oeINNm76@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Organization: Harvard University Science Center
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- In article <1jg3oeINNm76@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bu951@po.cwru.edu (Brian R. Beeler) writes:
- >PROS:
- >very nice keyboard, very small (and very well designed) floppy drive, great
- >size, nice contrast on the screen, Dell's really great service (they've
- >been great to me).
-
- Hmm, I don't have big hands but still found the keyboard *too* small
- for touch typing.
-
- >CONS:
- >Only one: NO BACKLIGHTING on the screen. IMHO, a very, very big problem.
- >If you ALWAYS work in VERY WELL lit areas, get it. If not, forget it.
- >One advantage to no backlighting: longer battery life.
-
- Agreed. People should not buy portables without backlit screens--they
- are bad for the eyes and even if the ambient lighting is good the screen
- will still be hard to read. Same goes with reflective screens, which
- I think is the type in the current Dell system.
-
- HBJ
-