From: James H. E. Maugham (James.H.Maugham_at_verizon.net)
Date: Fri Feb 15 2002 - 08:02:29 EST
Joe,
Joe Seisdedos [mailto:jps_at_mbox.com.au] wrote:
> A 390E has recently become available on ebay (Australia). It seems to
> sit between the 600E and the 770Z in terms of specifications.
Mmmmmmmmmm, not really. The 390 series is a 3 spindle machine made for IBM by
Acer. They're larger than either the 600 or 770 series and, at almost 8 pounds,
as heavy as a 770. Max processor is either a PII 333 or a Celeron 366 and they
were offered with 12.1" SVGA or 13.3" or 14.1" XGA TFT displays.
When the 390E was first offered in March, 1999 the 600E/770Z was offered with up
to a PII 366.
> Can anyone offer any opinions on this model?
Generally well built and fairly robust. I doubt that you'll hear anything really
bad about them.
> I remember someone suggesting that the 300 series was the "base" model.
> Is this the case? The specs don't seem to bear this out.
They were between the i series machines and the 600E/770Z series, i.e. somewhat
better than the i series, not as well built as the 600/770.
They're fairly popular due to their relatively unique (among Thinkpads) 3
spindle design.
Regards,
James
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