From: epbrown (epbrown_at_enteract.com)
Date: Mon Feb 09 1998 - 02:19:31 EST
On Sun, 8 Feb 98 23:23:26 EST, you wrote:
>That seems a bit odd to me, the weight and overall size of the 770 with
>a 14" screen is no greater than the thinkpads I have always had in the
>past, and it is certainly no harder to use on a plane (indeed the far
>superior battery setup -- 3 hours + so much easier to use two batteries
>swapping one at a time -- makes it much better on a plane. I recentlyt
>travelled from Melbourne to LAX with four batteries, and that was a
>MUCH easier trip (and much less to carry) than when I did it last time
>and had to take 5 extra batteries along. Battery weight is a significant
>factor for me (soon we hope planes will have power, at least in 1st
>class, but that has not happened yet).
Well, I wasn't referring specifically to Thinkpads - I was thinking
of the huge Sagers and Prostars that are arriving with these displays.
But I do find the increase in screen size a little problematic. I
found myself wishing for my Thinkpad 510 or my old 701 the last time I
flew Southwest home to KY - I was lucky to get one of the "emergency"
style seats without a seat-back in front of me on the trip back. I'll
have to check IBM's web site, but I thought the 770's case was even
larger than the 560's. I'll admit to a personal prejudice against
laptops weighing more than 6lbs, so to me, the 770 is a rather bulky
system.
epbrown
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