a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) (08/06/90)
> GFX@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > > I have a IIci to handle most of my work and would like to acquire a *small* > laptop to handle memos and letters while I commute, and log-on and check my > e-mail when I travel. Important features would include a good > display/keyboard good autonomy; light and thin; maybe a hard drive... I don't know anything about the Toshiba 100HD, but I just bought a Toshiba T1000XE. It's one of the smallest (12.2 x 10 x 1.7) and lightest (5.9 lbs) hard drive portables on the market. The keyboard is quite good (except for the caps lock key, which is rather difficult to hit from a normal typing position :-( ), the display is *very* nice (640 x 400, beautiful shade of blue) and the machine is about as fast as an 8086 gets (about 250% of "original" PC speed). The hard drive, because it is so small I guess (and because of the 16 bit bus) is also quite zippy: 18 ms, 400 KB/sec. I fell in lust with it as soon as I saw it, and after a long weekend of very heavy use, I still have no complaints. -cjs ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP )
GFX@psuvm.psu.edu (08/07/90)
I have a IIci to handle most of my work and would like to acquire a *small* laptop to handle memos and letters while I commute, and log-on and check my e-mail when I travel. Important features would include a good display/keyboard good autonomy; light and thin; maybe a hard drive in order not to have to fool around with floppies; an easy way to upload/download to/from a Mac. I have noticed the Toshiba 1000HB. Is it any good? Anything significantly better in terms of quality/price ratio (again, I am not interested in a 386 portable laptop; basic features in a reliable and ergonomic machine should satisfy me) Thanks, Stephane
jordan@Morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes) (08/07/90)
My advice: get the lightest thing you can afford that will let you use the applications you want to use on the laptop. For me, that means Word and Excel and Kermit. I have a Toshiba 1200 with two 720k floppies, 2Mb of RAM that can be used as a RAM disk (and is powered when the machine is off, so it's non-volitile storage. The file types are compatable with the Mac applications. Substitute Word Perfect or whatever, but try to use the same appications on both platforms. /jordan
jeff@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu (Jeffrey C. Kantor) (08/08/90)
In article <1414@s5.Morgan.COM> jordan@Morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes) writes: > My advice: get the lightest thing you can afford that will let you use > the applications you want to use on the laptop. For me, that means > Word and Excel and Kermit. I have a Toshiba 1200 with two 720k > floppies, 2Mb of RAM that can be used as a RAM disk (and is powered .. This is good advice, but I ran into a simple problem. I use Microsoft Works for a lot of simple memo writing, student grades, etc. But I can't seem to transfer files from the laptop (Zenith Minisport HD) to the Mac via Apple File Exchange. What is the secret? Jeff Kantor Notre Dame
schatz@cs.arizona.edu (Bruce Schatz) (08/22/90)
I also was looking for a lightweight companion to a Mac II. What I needed was a terminal/modem and word processing. I bought a Toshiba T1000SE and have been largely satisfied with it. The keyboard and screen are fine. It only has a single disk (making it lighter) but runs a terminal emulator and MS Word at good speed. The major deficiency is that the modem (Toshiba 2400 baud) is very sensitive to radio signals -- you can hear radio stations when dialling and the line noise is very bad as a result. I have also had difficulty getting parts -- the adapter cable was defective and Computerland had to order it from Toshiba from Japan which took 2 months by slow boat.