stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) (05/27/91)
A colleague is thinking about buying an AST Premium Exec. Any 1st-hand reports would be appreciated; email and I'll summarize if there are very many responses. The recent Byte review panned the AST's keyboard, but their reviews seem to be strongly affected by the manufacturer's advertising in Byte. Is the keyboard that bad? Is there a plug for an external keyboard? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Stone BITNET: stone@cunixc Columbia University INTERNET: stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------
lsh@polari.UUCP (Lee Hauser) (05/28/91)
In article <1991May26.190258.11142@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) writes: >A colleague is thinking about buying an AST Premium Exec. Any 1st-hand >reports would be appreciated; email and I'll summarize if there are >very many responses. > >The recent Byte review panned the AST's keyboard, but their reviews >seem to be strongly affected by the manufacturer's advertising in Byte. >Is the keyboard that bad? Is there a plug for an external keyboard? I've not used it a _lot_, but I have set up two for attorneys in the firm I workfor. I don't like the keyboard quite as much as the one on my Tandy 1100FD, but it is more than acceptable. The layout is quite pleasant. The feel of the keys is fine. The narrow function keys are a bit odd, but not bad. The display is very nice, and the size and speed are wonderful. It has external connectors for keyboard, mouse and monitor. Of the laptops I'm familiar with (Tandy 1400HD, Tandy 1100FD, Toshiba 3200SX, Toshiba 1200X(?), Zeos 386SX, Zenith Z100, and the AST), I'd get the AST over any of them, all other things ie, money, being equal. -- ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= uw-beaver!sumax!polari!lsh -- lsh@polari Lee Hauser If I pay for access, I don't have to disclaim ANYTHING!