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From: connery@bnrmtv.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Cooling down (more on IBM PS/2)
Message-ID: <1619@bnrmtv.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 11-Apr-87 22:44:31 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 11 22:44:31 1987
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Organization: Bell Northern Research, Mtn. View, CA
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> For electronics, it's got an Intel chip.  That ruins it
> right there.  Then there's the mechanics:  A keyboard that's made
> for people who consider reaching for the shift keys an adventure, and
> expansion slots that's so clumsy that you need to insert the board
> really carefully so you don't damage anything, then tighten ten screws
> to hold it in place.  Yeah, really solid.
> 

I'm as bored with the IBM-haters as the IBM-lovers.  It would be nice if
some of this stuff could discuss technical details rather than opinions.
In fact the engineering on the new PCs is very good.  The machines can
be taken apart without any tools, and everything that comes apart is marked
in blue plastic, with big fat knobs and handles on everything.  If you
haven't even seen one of the machines, you really can't comment.
-- 

Glenn Connery, Bell Northern Research, Mountain View, CA
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