NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/hardware/20899

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From: [e-mail] (Joe Nowak)
Subject: Re: PowerBooks - 210 v. 160 as Midrange champ
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A point on the reliability of the older form factors.  I would include the
100 in that group as well.  What I meant was that when the new PowerBooks
came out they were a number of problems that had to be worked out like
the floppies that did not read mass produced floppies, batteries that could
start fires, and pieces of the 100 that could melt through the case.  If you
buy one of those machines now, all of those problems are gone thanks to Apple.
Since the 160/180 are about 80% old stuff I'd think they'd have less of those
types of unpredictable problems than a new form factor like the Duos.

If I did not yet have a Mac, I would certainly go for the Duo set up in a
heartbeat.  Or if my employer wanted to buy it for me.  I am just reluctant to
sell my percectly good IIsi after only 2 years.

A point on floppies.  I work in a mostly DOS shop (actually its all DOS until I
bring this PowerBook in).  So I need the floppy to get files back and forth
betwen Mac programs and DOS programs at work.  If I lived in a Mac shop, it
wouldn't worry me.  I could just buy a floppy for a 210 and leave it at work of
course.

For now, in my circumstance I am still in favor of a 160 for my situation.