dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu (08/28/90)
PC magazine has this add of the Zeos International 386SX-16 laptop with 1M RAM, 40M hard disk, VGA plasma display (DOS extra $119) for about $2200. (Weighs 12 lbs, dimensions are respectable too) This seems to me an outragously low price for a machine of this class. So I called ZEOS International and found that they have yet another laptop, similarly configered as above but with 386-20 CPU and VGA LCD display (and battery pack, charger) for the same price. None of the machines are shipping yet. The machines have 2 half length slots and memory upgradable to 8M ($199 for 1M up-grade, $499 for 4M up-grade), hard drive options are 40M (standard), 80M ($299 extra), 200M ($699 extra). The Zeos salesman I talked to told me that the memory up-grade is by SIMMs. I know nothing about memory or how to intall it. But it seems that SIMMs are for about $100 per Meg these days. Could anyone tell me how to intall SIMMs (what it takes ) myself? Aren't these the kind of chips you just plug in somewhere on the motherboard? I have quite decided to buy Zeos' laptop now, but I'm still swinging between the ideas having them install 1M memory upgrade or doing it myself (thus saving $100). Your help is appreciated. Joe dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu