From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 09 1998 - 16:36:31 EST
> Software that does not work nicely with a 90 pixel/inch screen (generally
> this is considered the ideal value) is broken. if you have broken software
> you no doubt need broken hardware to use it :-)
I have several older DOS apps which are indispensible to me. I could replace
some of them with their windows upgrades for a combined total of several
thousand $$. This would give me no added functionality, possibly slow
performance and create some backwards compatibility problems. I don't consider
the software broken - but, it necessarily uses bitmapped fonts, and was
written at a time when Hercules Mono was the highest resolution out there.
> and I might finally be able to use a laptop sitting outside on my deck!
>
> But that's the point, you can sit out on your deck with a 770. It is the
> first of the TP's for which this is true. I often do so, and I never could
> before!
To be honest, while I've seen the 770 indoors, I haven't tried it outside,
but I don't think even the 770 is good enough for my deck - the sun in Hawaii
is mind-bogglingly bright.
> I think a big issue is whether you are carrying a machine around with you
> all day, say in your briefcase. I don't do that at all, but if I did,
> nothing heavier than a Libretto would seem acceptable!
My 560 is with me all day, even when I walk to/from work, and is *just*
acceptable. The Libretto keyboard is too small, or I'd use one of those
instead.
Does anyone know when the new HP/Mitsubishi 3 pound mag-alloy laptops
will be hitting the stores?
- David
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