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- From: laub@Software.Mitel.COM (Boniface Lau)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.laptops,misc.forsale.computers
- Subject: Re: Atari Portfolio Package for Sale
- Message-ID: <LAUB.92Aug20090454@laub.Software.Mitel.COM>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 13:04:54 GMT
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- In-reply-to: sokay@cyclone.mitre.org's message of 19 Aug 92 14:55:57 GMT
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- >>>>> On 19 Aug 92 14:55:57 GMT, sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay) said:
- [...]
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- Stephen> General hint to palmtop owners: If you're thinking about
- Stephen> selling your old palmtop (Poqet, 95, etc.) do it NOW or you
- Stephen> will be taking a major bath come December and January when
- Stephen> the Newton is announced/out.
-
- The Newton addresses a very different market than those of the HP95
- and Poqet. One very obvious reason is the keyboard. Since the Newton
- won't come with a keyboard, if you have to enter long strings of text,
- you will be very frustrated.
-
- For the Poqet owner trying to sell their machine, I would say do it
- NOW - as more and more people get a chance to try out the Sharp
- PC-3000 (1MB ram) and PC-3100 (2MB ram), the Poqet will be extremely
- difficult to get rid of. Of course, couple months down the road, Zeos
- will be available (it is not shipping yet). By then, the resell value
- of the Poqet will probably sink to the bottom.
-
- For the HP95, there is not yet competition on that market, ie. unit
- of that size.
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