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From: wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Lunchbox Cases
Keywords: lunchbox portables
Message-ID: <[1875.1]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 89 13:00:04 GMT
References: <124430@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
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>I'm planning to purchase an IBM AT compatible 386 machine within the next
>week. I've been intrigued the possibility of purchasing a machine with a
>lunchbox case.  A fairly knowledgeable friend suggested a check with other 

Don't buy a Compaq.  As portables go, they make very good desktop machines. 
We have several, and *all* of them have had problems with loose connections
after being moved.  Several of the expansion chassis' have had problems
(particularly with the bus connector).  All in all, they've been a pain in
the butt.

Bill Kuykendall
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