Re: [Thinkpad] IBM 701 BUTTERFLY THINKPAD

Ok, understood ~ yeah my bad for commercializing it ~ I just got
slapped in the head for it too ! I guess I just get defensive and side
with the 701 as soon as I hear anything about it ~ but you're right,
enough is enough ~ no bad feelings guys dub me "ButterFly Power"

Bruce Markowitz wrote:

> Ok, no wars!!!!!!But Justin, come onIf the 701 was all that great,
> they would still make it and sell a ton!Your posts have become
> blatantly commercial (I post a commercial once in a while, but not
> constantly), and we get the point.When I want to get the 701 that I
> don't own fixed, I'll call. Until then, yes, I will delete you.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Justin Philip
> To: Bruce Markowitz
> Cc: epbrown01@att.net ; thinkpad@stderr.org
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] IBM 701 BUTTERFLY THINKPAD
> That wasn't nice ! : .. ( ............................
> :)-
>
> Take a pill and calm down ! I suspect if there is anything
> within the archives that you or anyone doesn't like, a
> simple
> deletion of the e mail will suffice (works for me) ~ :o
>
> "Feeding the Fire" since you made some interesting points;
>
> The 701 is "NOT" dead, gone and buried, but very much alive
> !!!
> I know, I have an arsenal of customers that prefer it over
> anything else
> and they are professionals which include well known writers,
> lawyers,
> and doctors. As a matter of fact, the 701 is quite popular
> in the Far East,
> primarily in Japan. You would be surprised how many orders
> come through
> my shop ! These professionals with the money they make can
> easily go out
> and lay 3k on the latest, (some do and some don't and those
> that do only have
> them just to have them.
>
> In addition ~ the only port cover that you maybe thinking
> about
> is the floppy drive ~ and that one was actually a bear to
> take out, so it cannot
> easily fall off as you put it. The other port cover (pcmcia)
> also didn't come
> off quite easily, but I will say it was a very delicate port
> cover to begin with.
> Very easy to break. As a matter of fact, most 701 users
> just took them off
> and tossed them aside and never used them again. All other
> ports are by
> means of the replicator that attach to the rear of the
> laptop and they "ARE"
> easy to access. Re sharp edges ~ I don't think so ~ not
> capable of anything,
> I disagree ~ The new and improved Amd5x86 with 64Mb of Ram
> can certainly
> run Windows 95/98 effortlessly. Not only that, but I
> created my web site with a 701
>
> http://exocompusa.com
>
> What else, oh ~ it runs Office quite well. Surf's the
> internet reasonably
> well on broad band. Of course comparing it to a Pentium III
> is certainly
> futile. Having to wait for a page to come up the extra 8
> seconds I sure can
> live with. However if you run a connection with 56k,
> despite what machine
> you're using you're still limited to 56k.
>
> Another interesting fact (proven) I can boot a 701 Running
> 98Lite to it's
> desktop within 11 seconds ~ talk about speed.
>
> In closing you're entitled to your opinion ~ granted, and I
> too can respect
> anyone's sentiments towards the 701 ~ the 701 is certainly
> not everyone's
> cup of noodle, but don't put them down because you happen to
> have
> a bad experience with one or may have hurt yourself with
> it's fine sharp
> edges. Perhaps the one you had "Had Satan Inside" :)-
>
> My job would be complete use to be when I get the 701 to
> make coffee,
> however, I've revised that now to making coffee and opening
> cans with it's
> sharp edges.
>
> On a last note, a laptop that is 20 years old becomes a
> collector's item,
> a new one out the door loses 60% of it's retail value, and I
> suspect that
> anything over 100 years old becomes "ANCIENT"
>
> Despite it all, the 701's still Rules ~ and that of course
> is my opinion!
>
> ButterFly Power !
>
> Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>
> > ENOUGH ALREADY
> > The X series has a 12 inch LCD, it is QUITE SMALL, and
> > while I respect the
> > fact that you are a fan of the 701 series, it is DEAD,
> > GONE, BURIED.
> > ANCIENT, not capable of anything anymore.
> > AND
> > The one that I had was horribly made, sharp edges, hard to
> > access the ports,
> > silly covers that were hard to use and fell off.
> > Enough of this!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Justin Philip" ?exocomp.usa@verizon.net?
> > To: ?epbrown01@att.net?
> > Cc: ?thinkpad@stderr.org?
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] IBM 701 BUTTERFLY THINKPAD
> >
> > ? I beg to differ;
> > ?
> > ? A a30/x30 with a 14/15" lcd and a exterior of 13"x10" is
> > by
> > ? no means classified as a sub notebook and more so in
> > comparison
> > ? to the 701 which has 10.4" lcd and an exterior of 9"x 8"
> >
> > ?
> > ? Even IBM doesn't classify the a30/x30 as sub notebooks.
> > ?
> > ? I believe I read somewhere once a sub notebook is
> > defined by
> > ? it not having ultra bays, measuring 9x8 and below, it's
> > lcd no
> > ? bigger than 10.4" ~ but more importantly, it's keyboard
> > size !
> > ? The main reason the ButterFly earned it's ranks was
> > because of
> > ? the butterfly retractable keyboard.
> > ?
> > ? These reasons alone offering a full 85 key keyboard and
> > being
> > ? classified as a sub notebook blew the competition out
> > the door.
> > ?
> > ? resource:
> > ?
> > ? a30/x30
> > ?
> > h
> > tp://www2.ibmlink.ibm.com/cgi-bin/master?xh=ZcT53Fee7eS$Vc2USenGnN9332?req
> >
> > uest=salesmanual?parms=H%5F2652%2D%2B01?xhi=salesmanual%5E%7C%5E?xfr=N
> >
> > ?
> > ? 701
> > ?
> > h
> > tp://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/cgi-bin/master?request=salesmanual?parms=SMS?xh=F
> >
> > 9HuO388u8kE7H1USenGnN9332?xhi=salesmanual^?product=?search=butterfly?title=T
> >
> > ?type=D
> > ?
> > ? Emanuel Brown wrote:
> > ?
> > ? ? On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 10:40:22 -0700, Justin Philip
> > ? ? ?exocomp.usa@verizon.net? wrote:
> > ? ?
> > ? ? ?Yeah but has either had enough clout to make it in a
> > museum for it's
> > unique
> > ? ? ?design ? Besides, there's a big difference between
> > comparing a 486 75
> > MHz
> > ? ? ?machine to both the A30 ? X30 Pentium III class
> > systems, not to
> > mention,
> > ? ? ?we're talking about what.......6 years after the fact
> > ~ hmmm..... oh,
> > and of
> > ? ? ?course the difference between them is the 701 "IS" a
> > sub notebook ~ so
> > I take it
> > ? ? ?back, "Name any other "sub notebook" in the entire
> > world that won any
> > awards"
> > ? ?
> > ? ? The X30 is a subnotebook as well.
> > ? ? Emanuel
> > ? ? --
> > ? ? http://home.att.net/~epbrown01/1966-rolls.jpg
> > ? ? http://home.att.net/~epbrown01/1983-porsche.jpg
> > ? ?
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