From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 29 17:02:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA24559 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:02:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA24554 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA17499; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 09:31:28 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604300001.JAA17499@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Laptops and removable drives To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 09:31:27 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, david@fgate.flevel.co.uk, questions@freebsd.org, graham@flevel.co.uk In-Reply-To: <199604292207.PAA05294@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 29, 96 03:07:48 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > That really depends on your budget &c. The Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CS > > is a pretty good buy, and the new Sharp PC9000 looks good too. Both of > > these will set you back around $6K (australian) for a usable configuration. > > > > The biggest drawback with laptops is the displays - only the latest and > > most expensive have 1027x768; you're looking at over $8K to put one on > > the road. > > $8k US or $8k OZ? $8K Australian. Having quoted one price in AUS$, why would I change? > *WHO* has 1024x768 (besides the Tadpole SPARCBook)? The new Toshiba Tecra 7xx series, the Sharp PC9070 (think that's the right number), the old Tadpole Pentium system just to name three. Acme Portables have a luggable with a 10x7 display due in a month or two as well. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[