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From: tomm@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM (Tom Menten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Suggestions for stand alone laptop?
Message-ID: <18820002@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM>
Date: 12 May 91 18:53:57 GMT
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| Since he is doing simple computing I can't see the need for anything more
| powerful than a 286 machine or more than 1m ram.
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   Your search is similar to one I'm doing for myself; I'd like to add
   another question:  I've been advised that to properly run a windows
   environment (which would make the computer a bunch easier to use
   for an occasional user) it really takes a 386 at 20MHz.  Otherwise
   the computer (and in particular the pointer device) doesn't keep
   up.  Can anyone comment?
    
   (The same individual tells me to expect continued price decreases in
   laptops this summer.)