Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!vsi1!zorch!xanthian From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New A1084SD1 Message-ID: <1990Dec30.172319.23239@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: 30 Dec 90 17:23:19 GMT References: <6604@crash.cts.com> Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix Lines: 31 seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes: > Has anyone else had a chance to look at the new A1084S? > They've changed it to reflect the styling of the A1950b, and it looks > pretty sharp...well, it's a little on the chunky side, but it's a > definite improvement. > Upon closer inspection I discovered that it was more than just a new > case. The ports are in different locations, the power button is in the > back, Just ducky; I can live with the power switch on the A2000 being on the wrong side, since I almost never turn it off, but getting up and walking ten feet around my bookshelf and desk so I can reach the back to turn off the monitor power switch against the wall on the wrong side of the box is plain stupid ergonomic design, and I turn the monitor off whenever its not in use to preserve the screen phosphor. Stuff to be used frequently by humans should be on the side facing the human. Use the back for the wiring. I'll pass. > and it has more of a well-built "feel." I didn't really notice any > specific difference in display, so it may or may not be an improvement > tube-wise. Sure is a big loser convenience-wise. Where do they find these people? Kent, the man from xanth.