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From: beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Peter Beckman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Zeos 386sx Notebook
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.173916.24254@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 22:39:04 GMT
References: <1991Mar06.000416.20221@karnak.cactus.org> <20823@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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I just called Zeos, I really want something larger than a 20Meg hard
drive.  They have a nice trade-in package.  If I buy a 20Meg now, when
their 40 & 60 Meg drives come out (2nd quarter), I can ship my
notebook back for a larger HD and I only pay the difference in price.
Kind of a nice deal.  Basically they will open up your computer and
just put the 60Meg in your unit.

Here are the current prices/packages:

-Basic: $2295 1Meg RAM

-Nicer: $2795 3 Meg, DOS 4.01, Extra Battery & Charge Stand, Soft Case.
        5 Days to get out the door.

-Super: $3195 5 Meg, DOS 4.01, Extra Battery & Charge Stand, Soft Case
        2400 Baud Modem.  10 Days to get out the door.

These packages save some money if you plan on expanding, since memory
is REAL expensive.  The 1st 2 Meg module (3 Meg total) is $349, the
second 2 Meg Module (5 Meg total (the max)) is $300.  The modem is
some real money: $219.  Maybe I should get the $69 Damark modem.  It
doesn't even use any power.

To fill out the memory and get the modem is $868. Adding that to the
$2295 base price is $3163.  So for $32 more you get all the perks.

The one thing I haven't enjoyed about Zeos is the phone salespeople.
I think they must get paid on commission.  They bad-mouth the
competition, IBM (yet to be announced), AST, Toshiba, and Compaq.

The sales rep told me: "Nobody is shipping notebooks larger than
20Meg, except for Compaq, and their price is outrageous.  You would
not believe how IBM is trying to get a look at our machines, They have
tried everything.  Yea, Compaq & Toshiba hate us because our computers
are better and cost less."

Well, any Zeos owners care to describe their likes & dislikes of their
notebooks?
-Pete