From: Barry Marks (barry_at_fbtc.net)
Date: Fri Jan 29 1999 - 20:13:38 EST
The 365 has the keyboard in the middle but there isnt much behind it either.
an inch and 1/4 i guess. It's a little smaller machine. But still not a
small one.
Barry
-----Original Message-----
From: Victor Kress <kress_at_u.washington.edu>
To: Henry M. Benson <hmb_at_pobox.com>
Cc: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: smaller thinkpad?
>I don't remember the layout of the 365, but if it is like the old 750 with
the keyboard on
>the operator side of the computer this can be a real problem on a plane.
Laptops with
>the keyboard up on the screen side, such as the 600 are much better, as
they allow the
>computer to be much closer to you, and the screen farther from the seat
ahead while
>using the keyboard. Despite the bigger screen, I've found the 600 much
easier to use
>on a plane than the old (but still running!) 750.
>
>On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:47:33 +0100 (MET), Christoph Eyrich wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Henry M. Benson wrote:
>>
>>> So I'm looking for something smaller that I can be guaranteed of using
on a
>>> plane. Less powerful is OK, and used/cheap would be great. In an ideal
world,
>>> I'd like to pop the disk out of the 385XD, stick it in the other
machine, and
>>> go. I suspect I'd need a different hardware profile, but can deal with
that.
>>
>>If the 701 is too slow you might have a look at the HP Omnibook 800
>>(you can get it for $1000 including an external CD-Rom and a docking
>>station). It's well designed (apart from the missing trackpoint :-) and
>>reliable. It's a pitty that IBM hasn't produced a new and better 701
>>(well, they make small machines, but I understand that they are just
>>for the Japanese market.)
>>
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>
>>Christoph Eyrich
>>
>>--
>>eyrich_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de
>>
>>
>
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