From: Warren Tan Wing Wah (twarren_at_pl.jaring.my)
Date: Wed Jun 02 1999 - 09:53:52 EDT
> When I first got a 600 it seemed big compared to the 560 that I had been
> using for two years. Now after two months, the 560 screen is too small to
> feel comfortable. In objective terms the 600 weighs about one pound more,
> and an inch wider, and a 1/4 inch higher.
>
> The screen in the 600 is worth all the 'extra' size. I think the
> productivity that comes with the larger and much brighter screen is the
> value you have to look at.
But many people would absolutely swear by those 10.4" screens on the Toshiba
and Sony machines. So 12.1" is already huge in comparison! I know 13.3"
gives you 1024x768, as much as my trusty 17" display, but isn't 12.1"
already "worth the extra size", considering I was thinking about living with
those 10.4" screens already?
Tough, tough decisions... *sigh* :)
Still back to whether I should:
a) go all the way back down and get the smallest possible - either a Toshiba
or a Sony, but live with the small screen and lousy keyboard as well as
struggle with Linux
b) go in-between with the Thinkpad 560, get a much larger screen, better
keyboard, and better support for Linux
c) go one step above, as suggested by many of you, with the 600, as "just"
another 1/4 inch and 1 pound would give me so much more...
Or divide my money into two, and get one a low end ultraportable AND a
really low end 600... !!!
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