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Re: Outbound Laptop Macs Any Good?

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From: Thomas Burglin
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 03:52
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In article <1992Oct4.143602.25065@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, dkw@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (David Wittenberg) writes...
>In article <1992Oct3.023821.7371@news.Hawaii.Edu>, deane@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Kimo Kanaka De`ane) writes:
>|> 
>|> a couple days. You decide.
>|> 	The Outbound's screen can't get bright enough for me, and more 
>|> importantly, has moderate to severe ghosting. Again, I found it annoying
>|> over prolonged use. The PB170's active-matrix screen is beautiful, just 
>|> like a Mac+'s. I have not used the other PB screen.
>|> 
>|> 	Personally, I'd save up the extra $ and get a PowerBook. 
> 
>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.
> 
>--David Wittenberg

If you mean that the Powerbooks 100/140/145 use a "normal" lcd screen
(as opposed to the active matrix) you are right.  
However, I have an 140, and the screen is still far superior to
most PC notebooks and (from reviews I have seen) to the outbound.
The 140/145 have nice screens, and I use it as my desktop computer (due
to limited space, much better than a SE or classic).
Thomas
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Subject: Re: Outbound Laptop Macs Any Good?
Keywords: Laptop Mac, Portable Mac
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