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From: close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: T1000LE -- opinions on it?
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.193145.10118@dragon.wpd.sgi.com>
Date: 29 Jan 91 19:31:45 GMT
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I'm seriously considering getting a laptop and I'm more than a bit confused by
``expert'' opinion.  I've read the reviews (PC computing, Byte, PC World,
etc.) and ``expert'' opinion is that 8088 and 80C86 machines are obsolete and
wouldn't exist if it weren't for the laptop market.  ``They'' recommend
getting _at least_ an 80286 laptop and a VGA quality screen.

The trouble is, I haven't seen an 80286 (or higher) machine that I've liked
and I'm just not sure I require the speed for my work.  I'm a writer (plain
Jane articles, so I don't need graphics) and I use WordPerfect, Correct
Grammar, a generic spreadsheet and a simple database regularily.  That's it!
Not what I'd consider ``power'' requirements.

Enter the T1000LE.  From what I've seen so far I really like this machine.  It
has a nicely laid out keyboard, convenient autoresume feature, 1.44 floppy and
and 20 meg hard drive, and a nicely-lit side-lit screen.  Toshiba's claiming 3
hours on the battery life with an optional second internal battery (takes the
place of the modem) which will extend battery life to 5 hours.

Since I need a long battery life (I'm often in places where an electrical
outlet is inconvenient or impossible), this sounds ideal.  I can write
decently on the road (as opposed to jotting memos on an Atari Portfolio or
something like that) and can polish and finish at home on my desktop machine.

It sounds ideal, but a small part of me screams ``no, not enough power!  The
machine will be obsolete in one year!  What about windows?  What about running
other cool programs?''  Am I just getting caught up in the computing hype?  I
think so.  I think the ``I wonder what's better that's just around the
corner'' type of thinking gets to us all.

So, with that in mind, I'd appreciate some comments from some LE owners (or
want-to-be-owners), as well as comments from others who think their machines
will do what I want for less $$'s.
--
Diane Barlow Close
	close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com      also 	close@cygnus.com
	I'm at lunch today.  :-)                Free Canada -- Trade Mulroney