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Re: Outbound Laptop Macs Any Good?

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From: Duncan Peter G. Thornton
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 18:38
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In <1992Oct4.143602.25065@news.cs.brandeis.edu> dkw@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (David Wittenberg) writes:

>Be aware that the Outbound uses the same screen as the Power Book 145
>(and PB100 and PB140 when they were made), so the screen is an issue
>only if you buy a PB170.

Has it changed? I remember MacUser specifically saying that the
Outbound screen was inferior to that of any of the PowerBooks.
But the thing that sold me on my PowerBook was the built-in
trackball; it's the best input arrangement I've used on _any_
system, portable or desk-top. Why doesn't someone make a key-board
for a desktop machine with a trackball in front of the keys? 

- Duncan


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From: thorntn@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Duncan Peter G. Thornton)
Subject: Re: Outbound Laptop Macs Any Good?
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