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From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: T1000LE -- opinions on it?
Message-ID: <5690010@pollux.svale.hp.com>
Date: 30 Jan 91 23:18:03 GMT
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>(Diane Barlow Close) 
>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.

For what you do, a 8086 (such as the Toshiba 1000LE uses) is more than
adequate. Reading most computer magazines for recommendations is like
reading Road&Track magazine for information on a family car. 
You can put grocery and small kids in the back of a Porsche
but that does not make it a family car. Considering
how many XT class machines there are, it will be at least 5 years
before you will see a significant drop in the number of programs
that will not run on 808x machines. For your purposes that is when
the machine becomes obsolete. For all practical purposes you will
still be able to use the machine for another 5 years before
you start to get problems with software updates.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com