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On Sun, 16 Jul 1995, Robert Dewar wrote: > I HATE the trackpoint-style thing on the Portege, I find it unusable, > basically it is a tiny, very inaccurate joystick, at least I am assuming > the old and new Portege are the same here. It's licensed from IBM, except for the buttons, they are the same. > Also the screen on the Portege is not nearly as nice (certainly not as > nice as the new 600 x 800, but not even as nice as the old TP screen), Is the 701C 800x600? If it is, that's a _big_ advantage. I know the 701C has a physically larger screen. > still in general marketing terms, I think you are right, and indeed I > should update my shopping list to say 90 MHz Pentium whlie I am at it, > because that is what you can get on the Portege -- you can also get a > big capacity external battery. The point I was trying to make is that for just over $4000, you can buy a 90MHz Pentium, 9.4" Active matrix display, 8MB RAM, ~700MB HDD, SoundBlaster sound, and dual Type II PCMCIA slots. While it lacks a lot of the finesse of the 701C (large keyboard/screen), it packs a lot more punch. I was seriously considering springing for a 701C until the 610CT came out, and now, I'm waiting to see what IBM releases.