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From: ssa@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (shahrooz.s.alavi)
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Subject: Re: $$$$$$$ (update) NEW IBM pc LAPTOP FOR SALE (BEST OFFER) $$$$$$$
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Date: 25 Jul 89 22:00:34 GMT
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From article <1690@neoucom.UUCP>, by wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew):
| 
| The Tandy 1400LT computer is currently on sale for $995, but I was
| able to get an "educational discount" that lowered the price to
| $850.
| 

	Not every one can get the educational discount!

| The 1400LT is similar to the IBM portable, with the exception that
| the 1400LT has 768K of RAM and a backlit supertwist display.  The
| printer port, video, and serial ports are also built-in as opposed
| to being in the sidecar as with the IBM.  The one feature that the
| IBM has which is not present in the 1400LT is that the IBM can
| power back up in the middle of an application that was running when
| the power is shut off.  The Tandy does have a standby mode that
| allows the RAM to be saved for up to 12 hours or so.  The Tandy
| also has a separate NiCd battery for retaining the setup and
| running the clock/calendar chip.  It is annoying that the IBM
| portable loses its memory when the main battery goes dead.  I have
| used both of the aforementioned machines extensively.
| 

	The solution is to run one of many battery monitoring programs 
	available, and so you will never discharge the battery completely
	(an analogy is driving a car, you dont want to drive it until
	it runs out of gas every time!)

| As such, a good rule of thumb would be that $850 would be the upper
| limit on what one should spend for the IBM portable.   I would
| expect to pay substantially less than the limit.
| 
| Bill

	Keep in mind the quality and workmanship of IBM -vs- Tandy.  This
	is just a personal opinion but all the Radio-Shack PC's that I have
	seen look and feel like the real cheap no-name clones! (try out the 
	keyboards on the Tandys) And if I remember they are not usually 
	fully IBM compatible (although this may have changed recently)

	S.S. Alavi
	..att!ihlpf!ssa