[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Opinions on Bondwell Laptop !

caram@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (09/11/90)

I am interested in getting a Bondwell Laptop.
It is the B200 model.
It has:
8 MHz 80C88
Dual 720 Kb FDD
Non-reflective LCD    
Removable rechargeble battery.
Price US$ 780,00

Has anybody bought a Bondwell Laptop? If so what is your opinion
about this computer?

Thanks in advance

R. Caram
(caram@sun.soe.clarkson.edu)

lee@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Greg Lee) (09/12/90)

From article <1990Sep11.160718.23560@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, by caram@sun.soe.clarkson.edu:
" 
" Has anybody bought a Bondwell Laptop? If so what is your opinion
" about this computer?

I bought one.  It works.  Reading the screen is irritating after
a while -- not back-lit.  Disk drives are pretty slow.  Using the
mouse with WordStar might not be practical -- the mouse cursor
sort of skitters around the screen -- but it does function.  (WordStar
doesn't handle the mouse; a separate program, Magic Mouse, does.)
I hooked it up to a separate monitor to see some (a little, low resolution)
color -- that works, too.  Battery seems to be lasting, oh, well
over an hour between recharges.

				Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu

lowery@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Tim Lowery) (09/15/90)

>From article <1990Sep11.160718.23560@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, by caram@sun.soe.clarkson.edu:
>" 
>" Has anybody bought a Bondwell Laptop? If so what is your opinion
>" about this computer?

In a PC Magazine review of a number of laptops which appeared early last year
sometime, the reviewer had one word for Bondwell laptops: "LANDFILL".  I've
never owned one (and based on this review, I probably never will).  He
apparently didn't like either the screen or the keyboard.  Maybe they've
cleaned up their act by now.