howcome@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Hakon Lie) (03/19/91)
In article <4482@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> mlowery@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Mike Lowery) writes:
How is it for touch typing? If I were to buy one, it would be
primarily for word processing on a plane or hotel room. Is it any
good for that?
The Poquet PC is a neat thing and I seriously considered buying one.
I could probably live with the keyboard and learn to touch on it, but
I found the screen to be too small/dark. Also, the accessories, e.g
the serial port, is bulky. I ended up with a Zenith minisport instead,
It's another kind of machine, but still pretty portable. And much
cheaper..
Re: use on a plane: what are the current rules, can one use a laptop
on a plane?
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stic--ellis@tekchips.LABS.TEK.COM (Cynthia Ellis) (03/23/91)
In article <HOWCOME.91Mar18170507@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, howcome@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Hakon Lie) writes: > > Re: use on a plane: what are the current rules, can one use a laptop > on a plane? I got back from Boston last Friday, and I carried and used my SLT/286 with absolutely no problem on American Airlines, Northwest Airlines and TWA (no, I _didn't_ schedule myself on this many airlines; my AA flight was cancelled and I had to scramble to get home). I cleared normal security checks with little more than the normal hassle (with my laptop hand-inspected in each place) in Portland (Oregon), Boston-Logan, Minneapolis and Seattle. I encountered the most difficulty in Portland (hand-inspection of everything that had been put through the X-ray machines that contained a battery, which included my Portfolio, my modem, and spare batteries). When I flew Alaska in November, they did ask, in their safety lecture, that you not use a laptop computer during takeoff and landing. Since you're supposed to have your tray-table and carry-on luggage stowed at these times, I don't see how you _could_ use a laptop anyway! I've heard from friends that international travel, particularly to London, is _much_ more of a problem. I would advise leaving the laptop at home if you're going abroad, even now that the war is over. But for domestic travel, I've never had any trouble at all carrying and using my laptop on any airline I've flown (which also includes United, in addition to all of the other airlines I've mentioned above). Cindy