pwhite@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Patricia White) (06/11/91)
I just saw this machine the other day and it struck me that this is
the first machine with a great keyboard AND a great screen. Every
other machine I've seen had either one or the other or neither. AT&T
hasn't exactly had the best of luck with their bigger machines, though
(to put it mildly), and I was wondering what people on the net thought
about the machine before I plunk down my Amex card.
For those who might be interested, the specs basically are as follows:
386SX/20 MHz
7.3 lbs with 2 batteries installed (I think you can put either 1 or 2
batteries in the machine -- when you buy the machine you get 2
batteries -- max 6 hrs of power)
10" VGA
2 MB Standard, Exp. to either 6 or 8 MB
40 MB hard drive (80 MB drive available "soon")
2400 bps modem
AT&T mouse
Dos 4.1, Windows 3.0, Windows Productivity Pack, AT&T Mail Access
PLUS, and Safari TourGuide
Connector to PS/2 Mouse or ext. keyboard
Serial port
Parallel port
AT-Bus interface connector
CRT connector
12" x 9.5" x 1.8"
It seems to be the machine with everything.... Any opinions?
Please post or email replies SOON. I'm leaving the country soon and I
would like to take a notebook computer with me.
-Patricia White
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CC92pwhite@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Patricia White) (06/11/91)
Sorry... I forgot to say the price of the Safari is close to that of
the IBM laptop -- it's around $5500 list. In real dollars, that's
$3900. I called some place in NJ that had advertised in the Science
Times of the Tuesday NY Times.
AT&T does servicing on the machine but if you go to a good dealer,
they'll try to take care of things (whatever that means).
I know the price is around $1K too high but I've gotten to the point
where I think it'll be worth paying that money for a good keyboard and
screen (the machine will be used for wordprocessing 85% of the time,
games 10%, and [hopefully] checking email for the remaining 5%) since
it'll be in use many hours per day. I've played with the Zeos for a
few days and the IBM laptop for 1 full day. I wasn't happy with the
keyboard of the first (and a 20 MB drive is just too small -- at the
time, that was all they had) and there was an intermittent screen
problem on the IBM. Has anybody playtested the AT&T for a day or so?
Is it worth the extra money?
-Patricia White
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EMAIL: pwhite@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu | "It only takes 20 years for a
USNAIL: 418 Schapiro Hall | liberal to become a conservative
Columbia University | without changing a single idea."
New York, N.Y. 10027 | --Robert Anton Wilson
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