From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Dec 03 2000 - 13:19:52 EST
600 series have a 12.5mm high drive bay.. MAX..
770 will take anything up to 17mm..
much more flexible..
600 requires a hardware board for hardware DVD, but will run softDVD with
the DVD CD..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury_at_loop.com>
To: <epbrown01_at_att.net>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: Which is better: TP600 or TP770
> On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 09:21:17 GMT, Emanuel Brown wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 03:27:58 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >>At 09:46 PM 12/2/00 -0800, Paul Khoury wrote:
> >>>Okay, I'm thinking of finally buying a more recent machine,
> >>>so from list experiences, which is the the best machine for general
use?
> >>>I think the 600 is lighter, and the 770 is heavier, but I've used a
760ED and this
> >>>701CS for everyday use (including going everywhere).
> >>
> >>Brief and subjective reaction, comparing 770ED to 600X:
> >>
> >>The 600X is way faster (mine was 500MHz, vs. 266MHz 770ED), ridiculously
light and compact, and ran Win98
> surprisingly stably. The 600X video was so-so, the sound was fine, the
features were fine. And you can absolutely get
> a DVD for it.
> >>
> >>Overall I loved the 600X as compared to the 770ED. For the price of a
slightly smaller screen, less video RAM,
> slightly inferior power savings, and no hot-swapping of devices, I got a
very powerful, very portable machine that I just
> loved.
> >>
> >>I have no idea how Win2000 runs on either, nor have I touched a 770X,
nor do I have a clue what the prices on
> these things are these days. I'd be pleasantly surprised if a good 600
were available for $900.
> >>
> >
> > The 600E is running $900-$1200 on eBay depending on options, from
> >what I've seen. I've noticed some flyers and sinkers in there (some
> >for $900, others for $1800) but some patient browsing and sniping will
> >land one in the above price range (I paid $1175 for mine).
> > I've seen some MMX models going for $700 or so, but by the time you
> >add in the Margi card and DVD drive you're back up in 600E territory
> >anyway, so if you want DVD-movie capability I wouldn't bother.
> > You stand a better chance of finding a 770 in your price range,
> >from what I've seen. I feel the 770 doesn't offer enough of a power
> >advantage to warrant hauling around another 2-3 lbs, but that's just
> >me.
>
> So can I add in an internal DVD drive for the 600E? I really don't want
an external
> drive if at all possible. Pentium II minimum would be desirable.
> As for the comparisons with, I wish I knew the model numbers - anything
with
> X or Z at the end is probably out of my price range...
>
> Are there any PII 770 machines? I assume of course you can swap the HD,
etc with the
> 600E?
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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