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From: infocenter@urz.unibas.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Mac "Portable" Advice?
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.112118.1177@urz.unibas.ch>
Date: 15 Nov 90 10:21:18 GMT
References: <3813@mindlink.UUCP>
Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland
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In article <3813@mindlink.UUCP>, a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) writes:
>> 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
> --
> Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP                     (Vancouver, B.C., 
> Canada)
> {uunet|ubc-cs}!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Curt_Sampson
> curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca

all your comments are true, but if you get it for a good price and if you are
not hiking around with it, then you make a good deal. 
It's a really neat machine!
It's a real Mac that doesn't waste to much space on your desk, cause you can 
put it to the side. The used material is of good quality (harddisk, 
display etc.).


bye ....................................................................  Didi

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