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From: a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Mac "Portable" Advice?
Message-ID: <3813@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 13 Nov 90 23:57:52 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> kunau@cray.com writes:
> 
> Does anyone out there own/use a Macintosh Portable on a regular
> basis? I have the opportunity to pick one up fairly inexpensively
> and was wondering what luck other people have had with the unit.

It is large.  Very large.  It makes my T1000XE look positively miniscule by
comparison.  It's definitely not a laptop.

My biggest problem with it is the non-backlit screen.  It makes it very
difficult to use.  You have to have light almost directly behind you, but not
quite (otherwise the screen will glare).  This cause shadows to be cast from
the LCD pixels onto the backplain behind them, giving a sort of "doubling"
effect.  Ow!

cjs
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