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Article #13247Re: Outbound Laptop Macs Any Good?
From: Thomas Burglin
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 03:52
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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!bu.edu!news.bbn.com!hsdndev!nmr-z!amber.mgh.harvard.edu!burglin From: burglin@amber.mgh.harvard.edu (Thomas Burglin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Outbound Laptop Macs Any Good? Keywords: Laptop Mac, Portable Mac Message-ID: <4OCT199222520565@amber.mgh.harvard.edu> Date: 5 Oct 92 03:52:00 GMT References: <12477@optilink.UUCP> <TBRTRB5w165w@cyberden.uucp> <1992Oct3.023821.7371@news.Hawaii.Edu> <1992Oct4.143602.25065@news.cs.brandeis.edu> Sender: usenet@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (User for USENET news postings) Organization: Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Lines: 24 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Nntp-Posting-Host: amber.mgh.harvard.edu