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From: eberard@bse.com (Edward V. Berard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Information Needed on Outbound Portable
Summary: need information to support or reject a purchase
Keywords: Outbound, portable Macintosh
Message-ID: <0B010001.ep79oz@bse.com>
Date: 30 Dec 90 01:57:38 GMT
Reply-To: eberard@bse.com
Organization: Berard Software Engineering, Inc.
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X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.0.3

Folks,

I am coming dangerously close to purchasing an Outbound ("portable Macintosh").
I have checked the prices, and the capabilities. You could say that I am planning
on getting one "fully loaded," i.e.:

	- 8 megs of RAM
	- 16 megs of static disk RAM
	- 40 meg internal hard drive
	- external 1.4 meg floppy drive
	- SCSI adapter
	- European transformer (I go to Europe a lot)
	- mouse
	- carrying case

However, I am having some last minute doubts. I would like to hear from some
other people -- like yourselves:

	-- Is this company a good bet?
	-- Will Apple be coming out with anything close within the next year?
	-- What changes, if any, will Apple be introducing for its portable
	   Mac within the first half of 1991?
	-- Are there any "gotcha's"? (For example, applications which don't
	   work, or upward compatibility problems?)

Any information will be appreciated. Thanks.

				-- Ed


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Edward V. Berard                                | Phone: (301) 353-9652
Berard Software Engineering, Inc.               | FAX:   (301) 353-9272
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