Re: [Thinkpad] 701 another thought:: X24 -X31...

The 240 series had a repiutation for LCD failure, so my rule is if you must
have one, buy it VERY cheap.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>
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Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 701 another thought:: X24 -X31...

> > Thanks Bill and Jane....are they the same size?
>
> I'm not Bill or Jane, but the 240X has a much smaller screen (and
marginally
> less weight). If the X2x series was available for $300 it would be the
> clear winner over the 240X:-)
>
> The machine was a contemporary of the 570, and designed to compete with
the
> Toshiba Libretto. The introduction of the 570 and 240 series was a tricky
> business decision, in that the natural competitor for the former was the
600
> series - which IBM kept producing - and the natural competitor for the
> latter was the former.
>
> BTW, Deborah Dell's nice book "Thinkpad: a different shade of blue" is
> widely available remaindered for under $2, and discusses many of the
issues
> we're been touching on here (including evolution of the line through the
> 570, and distinctions between subnotebooks and "ultraportables", IBM's
> original term for thin-and-lights).
>
> - David R.
>
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