rpozos@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Robert Pozos) (07/09/88)
Recently, I read an article in Macintosh Today, about a laptop Mac Se made by a company called Colby Systems Corp. It was in the 20 June '88 issue. I am interested in knowing if anyone out there has used one,and what was your analysis of it. Responses would be appreciated. Chris von Rabenau School of Medicine University of Minnesota-Duluth
fordjm@byuvax.bitnet (07/11/88)
>Recently, I read an article in Macintosh Today, about a laptop Mac Se >made by a company called Colby Systems Corp. It was in the 20 June '88 >issue. I am interested in knowing if anyone out there has used one,and >what was your analysis of it. Responses would be appreciated. Please summarize responses to the net. Thanks, John M. Ford fordjm@byuvax.bitnet
jdsb@occrsh.ATT.COM (John_Babcock) (04/14/89)
We are having a trade show here in Oklahoma City. When I talked to one of the Apple Reps, he said that the Laptop will not be comming out this year. It's not 68000 vs 68030, but rather the display. WARNING: Please only take this as a vicious rumor. (ie disclaimer) ____________________________________________________________________________ * John Babcock att!occrsh!jdsb * AT&T Network Systems jdsb@occrsh.att.com * Oklahoma City, OK Disclaimer: I speak on my own, not as AT&T.
mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) (04/15/89)
In article <672@occrsh.ATT.COM>, jdsb@occrsh.ATT.COM (John_Babcock) writes: > We are having a trade show here in Oklahoma City. When I talked to > one of the Apple Reps, he said that the Laptop will not be comming out > this year. It's not 68000 vs 68030, but rather the display. > > WARNING: Please only take this as a vicious rumor. (ie disclaimer) > ____________________________________________________________________________ > * John Babcock att!occrsh!jdsb It has been stated before that the display was the main reason behind the absence of a portable Mac from Apple. How much would you complain if your mouse pointer disappeared every time you move it? So Apple will not come out with a portable until they have a screen that can update fast enough. In the meantime, I wouldn't be suprised if Apple was hard at work developing a 030 version of the portable, while the display group was busy trying to come up with major innovations... It would be simple (to an engineer, not me) to attach whatever screen they develop to this new 030-portable box, in all likelyhood. So, if Apple cannot develop the screen technology soon, you may have to wait until next year -- when you may see an 030 portable (or possibly a second-generation, smaller, lighter 68000 machine). Most of the people that I have talked to are crossing their fingers for a late 1989 introduction, but they aren't holding their breath because they don't want to suffocate :-) -Michael -- Michael Niehaus UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com)