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Article #5977Re: Orphaned Response
From: gillies
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1989 14:20
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1989 14:20
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Re: Portabe flaws
I think the portable has a number of serious flaws --
(1) Lack of backlighting, for when you're going to plug the machine in
(2) YAISS (yet another incompatible slot syndrome)
(3) DRKMR (Dealer required Keyboard/Mouse Reconfiguration)
(4) Plugging in monitor *duplicates* the main screen, rather than
adding a second screen. Sheesh! Talk about self-crippling design!
(4) In general, too much support for portability in a suitcase-sized
machine, and not enough support for stationary usage (i.e. if
Apple had been clever, you could plug DRAM SIMMs into some slots,
which would only work off a wall-socket).
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