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From: ee52ffr@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Ante-Loraxis )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: asking recommendations on laptop/notebook purchase
Keywords: laptop, notebook, purchase, advice
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Date: 19 Mar 91 07:49:26 GMT
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In article <1085@uncw.UUCP> session@uncw.UUCP (Zack C. Sessions) writes:
>ee52ffr@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Ante-Loraxis ) writes:
>
>>1. You can turn off the backlit in Panasonic to get 3 hour of
>>battery time.  Saying Tandy has longer battery life is non-sense
>
>Aw c'mon, this is a definite advantage. I'm sure that that backlite
>screen with one reason why many choose the Panasonic over the Tandy,
>and now your telling them not to use it? (Simply to make the battery
>last longer)

Ha!  What I said was(read my lips): YOU CAN GET THE SAME BATTERY
LIFE AS TANDY IF YOU TURN THE BACKLIT OFF.
I did not tell anyone NOT to use the backlighting.  But in the
previous article.   Someone imply that Tandy is superior because it has
longer battery power.  What a joke!

>>For two hundred dollars of saving, you can buy far better software
>>like MS-Works.  IMHO,there is really not much reason to get Tandy
>>over Panasonic unless you like to pay extra for convenient Tandy
>>service.
>
>You didn't get the point. The text editor and spelling checker are
>provided FREE with the 1100FD, you don't have to pay $200 more dollars
>
Tandy costs $799 (without the holiday discount) while Panasonic cost
less than $599.  Do I need any more explanation to convince you what
I said?

>Plus, isn't MS-Works a Windows application?

Obviously you are not much of MS-DOS user.  MS-Works is NOT a window
base application though it sports pull-sown menu and window-like
interface.  It offers far more power(forget about the music editor
for Deskmate) than Deskmate.

There is really no need to keep this stupid argument on.  Here is
the choice for people who want something like Panasonic
CF-150B/Tandy 1100FD twin:
  Both are essentially the same thing eccept 1.Pansonic has
backlighting and cost around $599.
2. Tandy has built-in deskmate, no backlighting, and cost $799
through Radio Shack.