Re: 560x v. 600

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From: Randal Whittle (rwhittle_at_usa.net)
Date: Sun Apr 05 1998 - 01:33:20 EST


At 02:29 PM 4/4/98 , David Ross wrote:
>If the 600 is really over 5.5 pounds w/battery (but w/out CD) then I
>personally don't believe it qualifies as a 'subnotebook' - maybe 'midnote'
>would be a better term for machines such as this (and the Sony, new NEC,
>etc.)

        The ultra-tiny (Portege, etc.) are the subnotebooks. Maybe even the 701
is (the last great one, IMO--given that it managed to maintain a full-size
keyboard).

        The 560's & etc. (perhaps the 600, the Sony, the Versa 5000 series,
Digital's Hi-Note Ultra...) are in a class they're calling "Thin and
Light". An apt description, I think--since it doesn't pretend to be "extra
small", just thinner than usual and lighter too. That certainly describes
the 560.

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Randal J. Whittle whittle_at_usc.edu (213) 740-7775
Director, Electronic Commerce Program
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California


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