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- From: graff@vnet.ibm.com (Michael Graff)
- Message-ID: <19920820.092747.733@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 09:18:50 PDT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
- Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 Handbook
- References: <WARKENTI.92Aug19155612@syscad8.CAE.Mitel.Com>
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- In <WARKENTI.92Aug19155612@syscad8.CAE.Mitel.Com> BJ Warkentin writes:
-
- >All right what is the consensus on this beastie. I know it is bigger
- >than a palmtop but it is smaller than a laptop (basically the same as
- >2 95LXs). Is it a large palmtop or a really teeny laptop????
-
- It's the first in a class variously called "subnotebook" or "PC
- companion".
-
- >Functionally it is a full 286 complete with a 40 Mb hard drive and an
- >almost real screen (7.6" double scan CGA, 640 x 400).
-
- Actually, it's not a 286, it's a C&T F8680 "PC on a chip"
- 8086-compatible. Gateway claims "286-class speed".
-
- >It seems to fill all of my requirements (other than cost :-) ) but I
- >am wondering what the rumor mill has heard as I bet this is just the
- >first of a whole slew of new "sublaptop" class of machines. What is
- >happening with the Kittyhawk drive? Will the next generation HP have
- >one? The way I see it, the day after I drop a bundle one whatever, the
- >next generation of machines will be announced...
-
- I've seen rumors of an HP subnotebook, and there are apparently others
- coming as well. By the end of the year, we'll probably see some of
- them. And I think the price will drop under $1000 by Christmas.
-
- >The size factor is ok but I would be very interested in more ram (say
- >8 Mb) and a VGA screen.
-
- I suspect you won't see these features in subnotebooks since most of
- them will be based on the C&T chip which has double CGA support built
- in. Take a look at the Dell 320SLi which is a sub-four-pound 386SL
- VGA notebook.
-
- ...Michael Graff
-