From: Murray, Pete (Pete.Murray_at_carlson-europe.com)
Date: Fri Feb 15 2002 - 08:19:00 EST
My pennies worth:-
My sister has used a 390 for several years(266MHZ,64MB RAM,4GBHDD,14.1) and
apart from 2 failed hard disks(replaced under extended warranty) it has been
fine.
I seem to remember that it was a derivative of the I series design but its a
big and heavy machine, probably because 2 of its spindels(CD, Floppy) were
combined together(one on top of the other) in one removable device(Ultrabay
FX) and ive only ever heard of one other Ultrabay FX device which was a
DVD+Floppy.
I always thought that as the follow up to the 380, it was intended as an
all-in-one corporate machine, they even put in 15" tft in the 390x.
-----Original Message-----
From: James H. E. Maugham [mailto:James.H.Maugham_at_verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:02 PM
To: Joe Seisdedos; Thinkpad mailing list
Subject: RE: 390E (opinion?)
Joe,
Joe Seisdedos [mailto:jps_at_mbox.com.au] wrote:
> A 390E has recently become available on ebay (Australia). It seems to
> sit between the 600E and the 770Z in terms of specifications.
Mmmmmmmmmm, not really. The 390 series is a 3 spindle machine made for IBM
by
Acer. They're larger than either the 600 or 770 series and, at almost 8
pounds,
as heavy as a 770. Max processor is either a PII 333 or a Celeron 366 and
they
were offered with 12.1" SVGA or 13.3" or 14.1" XGA TFT displays.
When the 390E was first offered in March, 1999 the 600E/770Z was offered
with up
to a PII 366.
> Can anyone offer any opinions on this model?
Generally well built and fairly robust. I doubt that you'll hear anything
really
bad about them.
> I remember someone suggesting that the 300 series was the "base" model.
> Is this the case? The specs don't seem to bear this out.
They were between the i series machines and the 600E/770Z series, i.e.
somewhat
better than the i series, not as well built as the 600/770.
They're fairly popular due to their relatively unique (among Thinkpads) 3
spindle design.
Regards,
James
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