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- From: John Matthews <matthews@mis.uswest.com>
- Subject: IBM PS2/700 ThinkPad Laptop?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.183213.19469@advtech.uswest.com>
- Summary: positive or negative feedback?
- Originator: matthews@nethawk
- Sender: news@advtech.uswest.com (Radio Free Boulder)
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- Reply-To: John Matthews <matthews@mis.uswest.com>
- Organization: U S WEST Management Information Services
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:32:13 GMT
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- Does anyone have any positive or negative feedback on the new IBM PS2/700
- laptop? I actually saw the color version yesterday and it actually looks
- pretty nice. I only had about twenty minutes to play with it, but it looked
- nice. I should be getting a monochrome unit to take a closer look at.
-
- I've seen the AST PowerExec recently too and it's REALLY nice except for
- the stiff keyboard.
-
- Has anyone seen the Dell 320SLi laptop? It looks great except for the
- 20Mhz speed and lack of a cache. I might even be able to live with this if
- I could only find one to take a look at.
-
-
- Positives Features of IBM ThinkPad 700C:
- ----------------------------------------
-
- - Only laptop with 16550A UARTS that I've found.
- I've tracked down every lead to laptops that people thought
- had 16550A's in them and none actually did. This is the only
- one I could find. PLEASE let me know about any others that you
- know has them. You can check this by using the MSD command if
- you've got windows. Type a 'C' at the diagnostics screen to
- see what UARTS are installed. The MSD command can be run
- directly from the DOS prompt.
-
- - Fully removable hard drive.
-
- - Builtin Mouse. It's like a pencil eraser in the middle of the
- the keyboard that you push in each direction. It's actually
- pretty easy to get used to. I would have put the mouse select
- buttons in a different place, but they're tolerable.
-
- - Keyboard seems nice.
-
- - Good active Matrix Color Display. Haven't seen the monochrome
- version yet.
-
- - Has two slots that appear to be PCMCIA slots. The salesman wasn't
- sure if they were standard ones or not. If anyone knows for sure,
- please let me know.
-
- - Reasonably priced. Check your local dealers for actual prices.
- They are competitive with all other laptops on the market with
- the same features.
-
- - Supposedly has a 32 bit Micro-Channel bus.
-
-
- Questionable/Negative Features of IBM ThinkPad 700C:
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- - An IBM 486SLC chip in it. I am real curious about known problems
- or bugs if there are any.
-
- - Doesn't have an enhanced parallel port like some of the 386SL
- based laptops do.
-
- - If two slots aren't standard PCMCIA, I'll be bummed.
-
- - Color version weighs around 6.9 pounds. I was told that the
- monochrome weighs 5.8 - 5.9 pounds.
-