Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!pitt!vax.cs.pitt.edu!jonathan From: jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: SONY UNIX laptop Message-ID: Date: 7 Apr 91 15:14:16 GMT References: <18525@csli.Stanford.EDU> <10295@hub.ucsb.edu> Sender: news@cs.pitt.edu Organization: University of Pittsburgh Computer Science Lines: 28 Tom Maynard writes: Bill Poser writes: >The April UNIX World has an advertisement for the SONY NEWS 3250 >laptop, which they say runs UNIX, X windows etc., comes with 8-32MB >RAM and either a 240 or a 406MB hard drive, 1120x780 display, and >ethernet, SCSI, serial and parallel ports. It sounds just wonderful, >though the fact that they don't mention the price suggests it isn't >cheap. Has anyone seen one of these? -- I haven't SEEN one, but there's a summary of the machine in the March issue of BYTE. It ain't no stinkin' laptop, though: 18 pounds, no battery (ac current only), and it sells for 10K base. ($11,900 with the 406M drive!)... They refer to it as a "portable workstation". Plugs right in to the ethernet, and has plenty o' power. However, the price and weight put it in the same category as the Mac Portable.. (Sorry, low blow!) Yep, I've seen it running. Very sexy, except the portability is minimal. Though it is probably the smallest thing you can get SVr4 onto, even your favorite WWF character will consider it a luggable. The screen is small (11"), though the resolution is good. I saw document processing software running (FrameMaker, I believe), and it was readable. Not sure how prolonged reading of those small fonts would fare, though.