Re: [Thinkpad] Your ThinkPad history (770 series)

Heavy, but well built, and flexible in the later models. It was just too
expensive for its day. But a wonderful laptop, particularly the 770Z

On Nov 19, 2007 7:53 AM, David Reid <dwreid@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> Loved my 770z, wife is using it now, still with W98 (thinking about
> putting
> w2k on it).
>
> I must admit, it was no sleek model, built like a Sherman tank and had the
> heft of one! But man has it taken a lickin' over the years, no telling
> how
> many miles I logged with it strapped to a jotto desk in my company truck.
>
> Still very fond of my 770z, great machine, but hefty!
>
> Sure was a far cry from the 360p I replaced with it LOL
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On
> Behalf Of Colgrove, George
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:50 AM
> To: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Your ThinkPad history (770 series)
>
>
>
> One computer I considered in the past was the 770 series. I thought it
> had
> quite a bit of features - but by the time I was considering purchacing it,
> the 600 series was similarly priced (in the used market) and the T20 was
> even more so afordable. I ended up with my T23 after that series of
> transactions were complete - skipping the 770 and the 600 series
> al-together. My question is this, was the 770 a good computer?
> Even in the used market the 770 was expensive for the features you got -
> at
> the time. Going with the 600 would have ment a reduction of a few
> features,
> but the computing power of the 600 series and especially th T2x series
> made
> the purchase of the 770 not a good idea - at the time I was considering
> it.
>
> I was very happy with the T23 - but never being able to experience it, was
> the 770 a good compter?
>
> George
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