From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed Oct 27 1999 - 11:39:52 EDT
AFAIK the 770 is not in production any longer.
also, the new and replacement model is supopsed to be in production, though i'm
not sure if this was meant to be the 775 or the new 600...
last i heard was the 775(?) would be announced and then available around
christmas.. this might mean new year..
it has been unusually quiet IRT the next top end model..
Valentino Kyriakides wrote:
> I contacted one big IBM-Dealer here in germany, which is also specialized in
> Thinkpads and asked him what's going on with the TP 770 models.
>
> He told me that the 770 models will now be sold out and should then be no
> longer available. Instead of the 770 model series there will be next year a
> new highend Thinkpad model line, which will have a different model number
> (since IBMs model number range always stops at the "Z") according to the
> person I spoke with.
>
> If the above statements for the sell out are correct, then people interested
> in a 770X/Z should take a look to get one for a nicer price.
>
> > To all:
> >
> > Doubtful that the 770 has bit the dust. None of these new models have the
> > higher resolution screen (1280 x 1024 pixels) and the new 20+ GB
> > hard drive.
> > These are the things that set the 770 apart from the other models. I'm
> > disappointed that the higher resolution screen has not made it
> > into the 600
> > series. Perhaps there is a technical complication that prevents this from
> > being done.
> >
> > Bill Armstrong
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: J. Williams [mailto:williams_at_u.washington.edu]
> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 1:46 PM
> > To: Gregory Harris
> > Cc: Thinkpad List
> > Subject: Re: 770 RIP?
> >
> > You might be right.
> >
> > Check out the new 600 models (PIII at 500mhz)
> >
> > http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/SalesNav?family=Thin
> kPad+600&c
> ntry=840<=en_US
>
> vs
>
> Nothing new for the 770 series:
>
> http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/SalesNav?family=ThinkPad+770&c
> ntry=840<=en_US
>
> John
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Gregory Harris wrote:
>
> > Hi Everybody,
> >
> > I was just surfing IBMs' site for a new AC adapter and noticed that the
> 770
> > is no longer listed on the Thinkpads page.
> >
> > Anybody have further news of this development?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Greg Harris
> >
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