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From: Bill_Layton@mindlink.UUCP (Bill Layton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Why is everyone dumping their laptops?
Message-ID: <4753@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 91 11:56:05 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> craig@synopsys.com writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <666@synopsys.COM>
> Posted: 29 Jan 91 17:49:21 GMT
> 
> Org.  : Synopsys Inc.
> Person: Craig Cochran
> 
> 
> I've noticed quite a preponderance of "for sale" postings in
> comp.sys.laptops.
> I'm not questioning whether these postings fall within the charter for this
> newsgroup, but I would like to know why there are so many for sale?
> 
> 
> Is it that the technology becomes obsolete quickly, and people want to sell
> their old ones so they can buy the hottest new model?
> 
> Is it because the initial infatuation with having a
> "throw-over-your-shoulder"
> computer wears off and people realize they'd rather have a more powerful
> desktop?
> 
> Or is it because people are finding that they don't get as much use
> "on-the-go"
> out of their laptop as they thought they would?
> 
> 
> Just curious...
> 
> --
> Craig Cochran
> Product Marketing Manager                email: craig@synopsys.com
> Synopsys, Inc.                           voice: (415)962-7723

Craig, as a forestry consultant with two laptops (1 Sharp, 1 Altima)
I find I often wish for more since any laptop is more of a compromise between $
and features.  For someone not really requiring
portability, a laptop probably seems great until the next advancement
in features comes along and they want them.  For those of us who
can't be trading computers all the time we just make do.