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From: jlohmeye@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (John Lohmeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: zenith 386 laptop closeout - is it a good deal?
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Date: 12 Jan 90 07:17:57 GMT
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The real answer is: It depends. I am looking into buying a lunch
box machine.  They cost more, but you get a LOT more capacity, and you can
upgrade later when you want to.  They don't really weigh much more either.

I am entering this article on a Zenith 183 laptop I've had for 2.5 years. It
has been completely dependable (except when a flight attendant dumped a pot
of coffee in the keyboard :-( ).  That required cleaning each keyswitch with
contact cleaner.

Yesterday, I met a lady in Fry's Electronics who has a 181.  One of the 
floppies died in September and Zenith still hasn't fixed it.

Of course, you all know Zenith sold its computer line to Bull Systems, a
French company.  This may explain some of the service problems in the last
few months...

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