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Re: 3/27 InfoWorld - IBM will add upgrade Thinkpad Next Month
- To: tp750@CS.UTK.EDU
- Subject: Re: 3/27 InfoWorld - IBM will add upgrade Thinkpad Next Month
- From: Eugene Fiume <elf@dgp.toronto.edu>
- Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 11:55:48 -0400
- In-Reply-To: Wai-Shan Lam's message as of Apr 1, 10:19am
At 11:18 AM 3/28/95 -0500, CAHILLRE@BEL1.HAHNEMANN.EDU wrote:
>InfoWorld At Deadline 3/27/95
>"" IBM late next month will upgrade its ThinkPad line with a model offering
>a 10.4 inch 600-by-800 resolution active matrix screen, 75-MHz Pentium
>processor, and Lithium-ion Battery, said sources close to the company.
>The 755CX will cost the same as the 755ce, which has a list price of
>$7,499 and a $5,936 average street price. The 755C, 755CE, and 755CD
>models will be discontinued when the 755CX ships, the sources said.
>the company also will offer a $1,449 Pentium upgrade to owners of the
>other ThinkPad 75 models when the 755CX ships. ""
Was a shipping date suggested for the CX? Given IBM's shoddy behaviour
regarding the 755CD product, I will henceforth disbelieve anything I hear
from IBM until they produce it in quantity.
On a more technical note, does the higher density display go back to 8-bit
colour?