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I think the 'ghosting' effect can be down to old screens and is not
serious, just a little annoying.

A 230 with b & w screen, I reckon 300 pounds at the MOST, hopefully with
a dock...

Don't take my word for it though.

Matti.

Mike Travers <mtravers@easynet.co.uk> wrote:

> OK, here's one for you - I've been offered a PowerBook Duo 230 and have it
> on approval for a few days to try out. I'm reasonably clued up on desktop
> Macs, but I'm new to laptops.The machine seems fine except for a ghosting
> effect on the screen. It's most obvious when cast from the title bar of a
> window, but occasionally manifests itself in other minor ways. I'll be
> using it for word processing and occasional email, so a perfect screen
> isn't entirely necessary. Is this ghosting normal on older PB screens or
> is it some kind of early warning of impending doom? Also the first time it
> was booted up in my prescence there was a strping effect on the lower half
> of the screen. It had been sitting in a car boot for a while. Could this
> have been caused by  the cold? It hasn't shown itself since.
> 
> Other than the screen everything seems fiine. I've run Norton on the hard
> disk and it seems OK and programs run quite happily.
> 
> Also if anyone has any idea of the going rate for this kind of kit could
> they let me know.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Mike


-- Matthew Greenfield matti@grnfield.u-net.com