From: Bryan Daum (allied_at_teleport.com)
Date: Sun Apr 05 1998 - 12:08:20 EDT
Good morning, Robert,
I had thought you'd talk of your "keyboard pounding!";)
On screen size: It is an issue. The new micro notebooks' screens I find
far too small and while larger is nice I have always felt that this 10"
screen was just fine. [I recall thinking 10.5" screens: WOW, now you're
talking!] Maybe I will like bigger bigger screen but I may not like the
bigger size...?
I'll add that I was disappointed to hear that the 600 is going to be
strangely heavy. Weight is a big issue if you really carry it around with
you. Keyboard feel is my biggest issue with word processing.
Bryan
At 11:50 AM 4/5/98 EDT, you wrote:
><<I still love the size -as well weight and feel of the 701 and eye those
>laptops that are even smaller. I liked this computer the first time I saw
>it and had a chance to lay hands on it. I think that IBM probed the limits
>of small, light and comfortable and succeeded. I believe that the *market
>failure* was the result of it being the last of the $6,000 486s. Oh, had it
>only been a Pentium! -of course then I may never have had the opportunity to
>buy one.
>>>
>
>I certainly agree it was underpowered, and that was one of the reasons
>I did not buy it. But if someone had come out with a 701 or equiavlent
>a year later with the latest fastest processor, I would still ont have
>bought it, because I find a 10" screen far too small.
>
>Of course tastes differ, and I am the first person as you know to insist
>that you look at machines yourself to make sure you base a purchase on
>your own tastes and not those of others.
>
>However, it is certainly the case that IBM market research indicated that
>most of the market feels the way I did, that screen size is a crucial
>parameter, and that 10.4" was too small, and that is why they abvandoned
>the form factor.
>
>
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