Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bbn.com!mips2!bubba!sje From: sje@bubba.ma30.bull.com (Steven J. Edwards) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Zeos 386sx Notebook Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 22:27:09 GMT References: <1991Apr1.215141.13832@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: @mips2.cr.bull.com Organization: Bull HN, Worldwide Information Systems, Billerica, Mass., USA Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: ta-sav2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu's message of 1 Apr 91 21:51:41 GMT In article <1991Apr1.215141.13832@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> ta-sav2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Sean A Varah) writes: > Anyone seen the new Zeos 386sx notebook? I saw an ad for it at $2295.00. > Is it vaporware or what? > I'm about to buy a Sharp PC6220/TI 2000, and may opt for the > Zeos. Several posters to this newsgroup, including myself, have purchased and received a Zeos 386 SX Notebook. It is definitely not vaporware. However, the company has (apparently) had some real problems with unexpectedly high demand and this has affected shipping dates. It took three weeks for my unit to arrive and it did not include either the carrying case accessory I'd ordered or a User's Manual. Other posters have also noted widespread backordering. It is a really nice unit. I an using mine to run Coherent (US$99 Unix clone) from Mark Williams and it's a very productive and fun machine. I checked about six different sets of reviews in the various trade magazines and scouted a few dealerships. The Zeos machine had the best price/performance ratio of all the battery powered 386 SX machines that had the minimal (to me) acceptable equipment (20 Meg HD, 1.44 Meg FD, VGA, standard ports, optional modem, and decent memory expandability [5 Meg RAM]). Although more massive (3 Kg) than the Sharp/TI/CompuAdd unit, it is considerably less fragile. There are now also some third party memory suppliers, so it's not absolutely necessary to pay US$695 for an extra 4 Meg RAM (1 Meg standard). == Steven J. Edwards Bull HN Information Systems Inc. == == (508) 294-3484 300 Concord Road MS 820A == == sje@bubba.ma30.bull.com Billerica, MA 01821 USA == "That Government which Governs the Least, Governs Best." -- Thomas Jefferson