perley@galaxy (Donald P Perley) (05/03/90)
In article <1990Apr30.163031.619@tc.fluke.COM>, kurt@tc (Kurt Guntheroth) writes: > Hmmm. If the 3000 has a small, laptop sized footprint, that's > interesting, but I suspect that it's the power drain of the chipset > more than the footprint that will determine whether there's a laptop > in commodore's future. Power management's the thing in laptops. If you are just thinking batteries, then yes. Aren't there a lot of laptops that don't run on batteries? There is a lot of utility in having a system that is portable even if it needs AC or a cig lighter plug to actually run. One of amiga's big markets is supposed to be midi. Any musician who plays a different house every night would prefer a portable to a CPU box + monitor + keyboard. Maybe one of those deals with a "parking garage" that automatically hooks up the color monitor, power, scsi port, etc when you are at the "home base" -don perley perley@trub.crd.ge.com