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From: mball@cod.NOSC.MIL (Michael S. Ball)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: buying laptops
Keywords: laptop
Message-ID: <1541@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 28 May 89 02:31:20 GMT
References: <1007@cernvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: mball@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Michael S. Ball)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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In article <1007@cernvax.UUCP> marchior@cernvax.UUCP (alessandro marchioro) writes:
>
> Help, I am considering to buy a small portable
> (but bigger than the Toshiba 1000).
> I am looking at Toshiba 1200FB, NEC Multispeed EL
> and Zenith. 

We have used a Zenith laptop and have been very happy.  The main problem
with most of them is the screen, and the Zenith screen is second to none.
Most of the brands are adequate.  Try them all and check out the screen in
a variety of lighting conditions before you buy.  (Or just get Zenith. 
I can promise the screen will be adequate.)  The other issue is battery
life, which may or may not be important to you. 

I think the hard disk is well worth the extra money.  Floppies are just
too painful for serious work.  With a hard disk, you can use one of the
new breed of laptops as a perfectly find desk-top computer as well.

Mike Ball
TauMetric Corporation
mball@cod.nosc.mil