craig@synopsys.com (Craig Cochran) (01/30/91)
I've noticed quite a preponderance of "for sale" postings in comp.sys.laptops. I'm not questioning whether these postings fall within the charter for this newsgroup, but I would like to know why there are so many for sale? Is it that the technology becomes obsolete quickly, and people want to sell their old ones so they can buy the hottest new model? Is it because the initial infatuation with having a "throw-over-your-shoulder" computer wears off and people realize they'd rather have a more powerful desktop? Or is it because people are finding that they don't get as much use "on-the-go" out of their laptop as they thought they would? Just curious... -- Craig Cochran Product Marketing Manager email: craig@synopsys.com Synopsys, Inc. voice: (415)962-7723
bumby@math.rutgers.edu (Richard Bumby) (01/30/91)
Of the possible reasons proposed by craig@synopsys.com (Craig Cochran) in his posting, I think that the most plausible is that this is just part of an upgrade cycle. If anything, a little experience with a laptop opens the owner's mind to further applications. There is also a rapid improvement in the hardware. Although I am still hanging on to a T1000, I can see the value of replacing it with a more sophisticated model. -- --R. T. Bumby ** Math ** Rutgers ** New Brunswick ** NJ08903 ** USA -- above postal address abbreviated by internet to bumby@math.rutgers.edu voice communication unreliable -- telephone ignored -- please use Email
jeff@nstar.rn.com (Jeff Babcock) (01/30/91)
I am selling mine for several reasons, mainly to pay off bills, however I do enjoy the portability of my supersport. I think that most people who use laptops do some traveling in their job or like to "Take their work home". I'm a programmer, so the ability to take my work with me and work on it anytime I chose gives me a great amount of freedom. Jeff -- internet: jeff@nstar.rn.com -or- jeff%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!jeff -or- ..!uunet!nstar!jeff NSTAR Public Access 219-289-0287 - 1190 newsgroups - 1500 megabytes - 7 lines
portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (02/01/91)
>>>>> On 1 Feb 91 14:59:43 GMT, TURGUT@TREARN.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu) said: > I suspect people say 'a CGA with 8088 will be plenty for me' and after > suffering (for example) Windows 3 under CGA and 8088, they give up. > Look at me, I was saying that I won't be playing games with it, so CGA > is enough, and now I wish it was VGA.. -turgut My laptop is a T1000XE, an 8086 with CGA. I routinely use a text editor, spreadsheet, terminal program, a personal information manager, plus little programs like calculators and calendars. All of these programs work just fine in such an environment, and they prove very useful to me. No 386, no VGA, no Windows 3.0. And given that the 386 boxes I've seen running Windows3 update the screen slower than a Mac SE, I'm not sure I ever want to use it. I'm satisfied with my choice, and I think that for a lot of things people want to do with their laptops, a minimal machine is sufficient. m. -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "Long before one is anything like drunk, the tongue is loosened, and words may slip out which should never have been said. Watch this particularly when it's all girls together. That femimine urge to confide may trick you into repeating what your husband said about the president and the boss's wife and how that had a lot to do with the boss's promotion -- words one of the women present is sure to make you regret some day." --Nina Fischer, "How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead" part of the Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women
TURGUT@TREARN.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu) (02/01/91)
I suspect people say 'a CGA with 8088 will be plenty for me' and after suffering (for example) Windows 3 under CGA and 8088, they give up. Look at me, I was saying that I won't be playing games with it, so CGA is enough, and now I wish it was VGA.. -turgut
Bill_Layton@mindlink.UUCP (Bill Layton) (02/10/91)
> craig@synopsys.com writes: > > Msg-ID: <666@synopsys.COM> > Posted: 29 Jan 91 17:49:21 GMT > > Org. : Synopsys Inc. > Person: Craig Cochran > > > I've noticed quite a preponderance of "for sale" postings in > comp.sys.laptops. > I'm not questioning whether these postings fall within the charter for this > newsgroup, but I would like to know why there are so many for sale? > > > Is it that the technology becomes obsolete quickly, and people want to sell > their old ones so they can buy the hottest new model? > > Is it because the initial infatuation with having a > "throw-over-your-shoulder" > computer wears off and people realize they'd rather have a more powerful > desktop? > > Or is it because people are finding that they don't get as much use > "on-the-go" > out of their laptop as they thought they would? > > > Just curious... > > -- > Craig Cochran > Product Marketing Manager email: craig@synopsys.com > Synopsys, Inc. voice: (415)962-7723 Craig, as a forestry consultant with two laptops (1 Sharp, 1 Altima) I find I often wish for more since any laptop is more of a compromise between $ and features. For someone not really requiring portability, a laptop probably seems great until the next advancement in features comes along and they want them. For those of us who can't be trading computers all the time we just make do.