dcanfield@byuvax.bitnet (02/02/89)
I AM LOOKING AT BUYING A LAPTOP COMPUTER FOR USE IN MY BUSINESS. I WORK AS A LOAN AGENT AND I AM AUTOMATING ALL OF MY ACCOUNTS. I NEED A LAPTOP TYPE COMPUTER WHICH I CAN CARRY TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT LAPTOPS. I WOULD BE GREATFUL FOR ANY HELP I CAN RECEIVE ON THE SELECTION OF A GOOD LAPTOP COMPUTER. HERE IS WHAT I HAVE LOOKED AT SO FAR. A FEW OF MY ASSOC. HAVE RECOMMENDED THE TOSHIBA. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ONE TOO CLOSELY YET. I LOOKED AT THE NEC MULTISPEED HD TODAY. IT HAS A 20M HARD DISK, A 3.5" 720K FLOPPY, A V-30 CPU @ 9.54 MHZ CLOCK SPEED, 640K RAM, 1 YEAR WARRANTY, A BACK- LIT MONITOR, AND THE STANDARD PORTS. IT HAS 2-4 HOUR BATTERY RESERVE AND COMES WITH MS-DOS 3.2, AND 6 OTHER PROGRAMS 1)NOTEPAD, 2)FILER, 3)OUTLINER, 4)DIALER, 5)TELCOM, 6)SETUP. I CAN GET THIS NEC FOR $2299. I HAVE NO IDEA, AS I SAID EARLIER, IF THIS IS A GOOD PRICE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I WILL PRIMARILY BE USING LOTUS 123 AND WORDPERFECT ON IT. IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE IN NET WORLD THAT CAN OFFER ME SOME HELP I WOULD BE VERY GREATFUL FOR IT. ONE FINAL THING, I WOULD LIKE TO STAY BELOW $2750 IF I CAN. THANKS IN ADVANCE. PLEASE REPLY VIA EMAIL TO DCANFIELD@BYUVAX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I NEED TO MAKE THE PURCHASE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THANKS AGAIN, DAN