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From: rrh@gabriel.b11.ingr.com (R. R. Hauser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: State of the Art
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.151238.11295@infonode.ingr.com>
Date: 26 Jun 91 15:12:38 GMT
Sender: rrh@gabriel (R. R. Hauser)
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Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL
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Two family members are soon to purchase laptops. I know very little
about the current "state-of-the-art" but would like to ask...

Operating Systems: Mostly DOS? Any UNIX flavors? Wouldn't paging
activity reduce battery life? Do all the 386's allow multi-tasking?

Windowing Environments: X? MS-Windows?

Networking: What can you do with a laptop? Do they all have 2400
baud modems? Is the software available to get hooked onto USENET/UUCP? 
How expensive is connection to USENET/UUCP?

Who would like to define the "state-of-the-art" in the price ranges of
under 1000, 1000-2000, 2000-3000, and so on?

[As I know how these kind of questions appear annoying on some groups
 I regularly read... e-mail would be fine. Helpful responders can Cc'
 their advice to "rahauser@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu".]
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